Liquid nitrogen quenching inducing lattice tensile strain to endow nitrogen/fluorine co-doping Fe3O4 nanocubes assembled on porous carbon with optimizing hydrogen evolution reaction
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In this work, the lattice tensile strain of nitrogen/fluorine co-doping ferroferric oxide (Fe 3 O 4 ) nanocubes assembled on chrysanthemum tea-derived porous carbon is induced through a novel liquid nitrogen quenching treatment (named as TS-NF-FO/PC X -Y, TS: Tensile strain, NF: Nitrogen/Fluorine co-doping, FO: Fe 3 O 4 , PC: Porous carbon, X: The weight ratio of KOH/carbon, Y: The adding amount of porous carbon). Besides, the electrocatalytic activity influenced by the adding amount of porous carbon, the type of dopant, and the introduction of lattice tensile strain is systematically studied and explored. The interconnected porous carbon could improve electrical conductivity and prevent Fe 3 O 4 nanocubes from aggregating. The induced nitrogen/fluorine could cause extrinsic defects and tailor the intrinsic electron state of the host materials. Lattice tensile strain could tailor the surface electronic structure of Fe 3 O 4 via changing the dispersion of surface atoms and their bond lengths. Impressively, the designed TS-NF-FO/PC 5 -0.25 delivers a low overpotential of 207.3 ± 0.4 mV at 10 mA/cm 2 and demonstrates desirable reaction dynamics. Density functional theory calculations illustrate that the electron structure and hydrogen adsorption free energy (ΔG *H ) are optimized by the synergistic effect among porous carbon, nitrogen/fluorine co-doping and lattice tensile strain, thus promoting hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalytic activity. Overall, this work paves the w…
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The catalytic activity of BNPC-FeCo-900 (186 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 82.46 ± 0.37 mV dec−1) compares favorably to other porous carbon electrocatalysts in alkaline medium, such as TS-NF-FO/PC5-0.25, SFCA-NiCo, and CN@Fe3Se4@C.
“the catalytic activity of BNPC-FeCo-900 (186 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 82.46 ± 0.37 mV dec−1) demonstrates a favorable comparison to other porous carbon electrocatalysts in an alkaline medium, such as TS-NF-FO/PC5-0.25 (207.3 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 87.6 mV dec−1),49 SFCA-NiCo (179 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 52 mV dec−1),50 and CN@Fe3Se4@C (168 mV at 10 mA cm−2 and 77 mV dec−1)51”
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- Authors
- Wang, C., Wang, W., Guo, W., Guo, D., Li, J., Yang, X., Fu, S., Chai, D.-F., Sui, G., & Li, Y.
- Affiliations
- Qiqihar University (CN)
- Qingdao University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Guo, Wenxin
- Guo, Dongxuan
- Li, Jinlong
- Chai, Dong-Feng
- Venue
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-05
- Volume
- 638
- Pages
- 813-824
- ISSN
- 0021-9797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4319873450
- Cited by
- 25
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- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 3
- FWCI
- 1.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22205125)
- Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province (LH2022B024)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Iron oxide chemistry and applications
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
- Keywords
- hydrogen evolution reaction, liquid nitrogen quenching, porous carbon, electrocatalysis, surface electronic structure, hydrogen adsorption free energy, transition metal oxide electrocatalysts, extrinsic defects
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