Germanium and phosphorus co-doped carbon nanotubes with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction

Li, Qianqian; Fang, Yuan; Yan, Chunyun; Zhu, Jianjie; Sun, Jutang; Wang, Yijun; Ren, Jun; She, Xilin

doi:10.1039/c5ra26675k

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“…The peak at 29.9 eV is attributed to pure Ge and other Ge chemical status. The main peak at 30.9 eV (55.66 atom %) is assigned to the C−Ge bonds, corresponding to the Ge‐doped carbon materials . The peaks at 31.4 and 32.0 eV can be ascribed to the oxidation state Ge (i. e. GeO) .…”

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Understanding the Effect of Germanium as an Efficient Auxiliary Pre‐Dopant in Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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In this study, sulfur‐doped carbon nanotubes with germanium as a pre‐dopant (SGe‐CNTs) are successfully prepared by sequential doping of germanium and sulfur, and their activity oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity is evaluated. As comparison, Ge‐doped CNTs and S‐doped CNTs are synthesized. The electrochemical results reveal that both Ge‐doping and S‐doping could improve the ORR activity of CNTs. In the synthesis process of SGe‐CNTs, germanium is deemed to be an efficient auxiliary pre‐dopant, since germanium modifies the microstructure of CNTs, and germanium content on the surface of Ge‐CNTs decreases dramatically after sulfur doping. Meanwhile, sulfur content on the surface of SGe‐CNTs is much higher than that of S‐CNTs with equivalent sulfur‐comprising dopants. Due to the Ge pre‐doping effect and synergistic effect of S/Ge doping, SGe‐CNTs with appropriate ratio of Ge and S atoms exhibit prominently enhanced ORR performance compared with those of single Ge‐ or S‐doped CNTs. By virtue of the outstanding ORR performance, SGe‐CNTs materials are expected to be highly active and cost‐effective ORR electrocatalysts in metal‐air batteries and alkaline fuel cells. The excellent ORR catalytic performance of SGe‐CNTs could be ascribed to the auxiliary Ge pre‐doping effect.

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Understanding the Effect of Germanium as an Efficient Auxiliary Pre‐Dopant in Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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“…S10 online), Ge, N and P were distributed uniformly on the rGO substrate. We also found that the N-Ge (398.1 eV) [7], P-Ge (134.1 eV) [4], P-C (132.4 eV) [12] and C-N bonds (288.7 eV) [13] from the XPS data for Ge-N-P-rGO ( Fig. S11 online).…”

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“…She et al [7] synthesized Ge and N co-doped graphene materials and proved their higher ORR performances experimentally and theoretically. Li et al [4] confirmed that Ge and P co-doped carbon nanotubes showed enhanced ORR catalytic activity and long-term durability. Unfortunately, the work function values of the co-doped samples were relatively large due to the obvious bandgap around Fermi level, making the electron unfavorable to transfer from the carbon surface to the vacuum.…”

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“…However, their larger scale applications are hindered by the sluggish slow kinetics of the ORR. Up to now, platinum (Pt)-based catalysts are still known as the best ORR electrocatalysts owing to the relatively low overpotential, high catalytic activity and current density [4]. Nevertheless, the scarcity and high cost of Pt-based materials [5] limit their wider application.…”

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“…In accordance with the same procedure described in the previous works [4,9], we computed the formation enthalpies of the ternary (N, P, Ge) co-doped defective graphene. We predicted with the DFT method that there is an order of N 4 -Gr (À4.61 eV) > I-N 2 P 2 -Gr (À4.19 eV) > A-N 2 P 2 -Gr (À4.14 eV) > P 4 -Gr (À3.52 eV) for N and P doped defective graphene, which are listed in Table S3 (online).…”

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Germanium and phosphorus co-doped carbon nanotubes with high electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction

Abstract: Germanium and phosphorus co-doped carbon nanotubes (Ge–P-CNTs) were prepared by a simple and scalable approach.

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Understanding the Effect of Germanium as an Efficient Auxiliary Pre‐Dopant in Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Understanding the Effect of Germanium as an Efficient Auxiliary Pre‐Dopant in Carbon Nanotubes on Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Reaction

How heteroatoms (Ge, N, P) improve the electrocatalytic performance of graphene: theory and experiment

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