Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of N‐Doped Carbon–Cobalt Boride Heterointerfaces
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Compositional and structural engineering of metal‐metalloid materials can boost their electrocatalytic performance. Herein, a highly efficient and stable electrocatalytic system for the oxygen reduction reaction is obtained by creating heterointerfaces between N‐doped carbon and cobalt boride nanosheets. Furthermore, a detailed investigation on the effect of annealing temperature as well as the amount of carbon and nitrogen sources is conducted to tune their performance. The best electrocatalyst among the prepared materials is found to have an onset potential of 1.05 V and half‐wave potential of 0.94 V, which are 40 and 72 mV positive in comparison to commercial Pt/C, respectively. Finally, a zinc–air battery is also assembled using the catalyst.
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- Authors
- Jose, V., Nsanzimana, J. M. V., Hu, H., Choi, J., Wang, X., & Lee, J.
- Affiliations
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Soochow University (CN)
- School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Nanyang Technological University 62 Nanyang Drive Singapore 637459 Singapore
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Xin
- Lee, Jong‐Min
- Venue
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-03-14
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 17
- ISSN
- 1614-6832 (ISSN-L)
- 1614-6840
- OpenAlex
- W3138456655
- Cited by
- 294
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 59 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 41
- FWCI
- 11.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Advanced Energy Materials (publishedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Keywords
- oxygen reduction reaction, electrocatalysis, nitrogen-doped carbon, cobalt boride, heterointerface, nanosheets, annealing temperature, nitrogen source, carbon source, zinc-air batteries, Pt/C comparison
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