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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Nanostructured, Metal-Free Electrodes for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Containing Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Quantum Dots and a Hydroxide Ion-Conducting Ionomer.

Ashwini Reddy Nallayagari, Emanuela Sgreccia, Maria Luisa Di Vona, Luca Pasquini, Florence Vacandio, Philippe Knauth

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ashwini Reddy NallayagariAix Marseille University, CNRS, MADIREL (UMR 7246) and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, Campus St Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France.
Emanuela SgrecciaUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata, Department Industrial Engineering and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, 00133 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4756-9205
Maria Luisa Di VonaUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata, Department Industrial Engineering and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, 00133 Roma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2909-6056
Luca PasquiniAix Marseille University, CNRS, MADIREL (UMR 7246) and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, Campus St Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4110-2973
Florence VacandioAix Marseille University, CNRS, MADIREL (UMR 7246) and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, Campus St Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7814-363X
Philippe KnauthAix Marseille University, CNRS, MADIREL (UMR 7246) and International Laboratory: Ionomer Materials for Energy, Campus St Jérôme, 13013 Marseille, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6335-3194
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

Franco-Italian University C2-201 2021University of Rome Tor Vergata E84I20000260005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we studied the combination of nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQD), a hydroxide-ion conducting ionomer based on polysulfone (PSU) and polyaniline (PANI), to explore the complementary properties of these materials in high-performance nanostructured electrodes for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline solution. N-CQD were made by hydrothermal synthesis from glucosamine hydrochloride (GAH) or glucosamine hydrochloride and N-Octylamine (GAH-Oct), and PSU were quaternized with trimethylamine (PSU-TMA). The nanocomposite electrodes were prepared on carbon paper by drop-casting. Furthermore, we succeeded in preparing PSU-TMA + PANI + GAH-Oct fibers by electrospinning. The capacitance of the electrodes was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy, which gave similar trends. The ORR was investigated by linear sweep voltammetry at rotating disk electrode speeds between 250 and 2000 rpm in an oxygen-saturated 1 M KOH solution. Koutecky-Levich plots showed that four electrons were exchanged for nanocomposite electrodes containing CQD. The highest reduction currents were measured for the electrodes containing GAH-Oct. The Tafel plots gave the lowest slope and the most positive half-wave potential for PSU-TMA + PANI + GAH-Oct fibers. The best electrocatalytic activity of this electrode could be related to the high amount of graphitic nitrogen in GAH-Oct. Long-term cycling tests showed no significant modification of the onset potential, but a change of the current in the mass transport limited region, indicated the evolution of the microstructure of the nanocomposite ORR electrode modifying the mass transport conditions during the first 400 cycles before reaching stationary conditions. FTIR spectra were used to study possible electrode degradation after the ORR in 1 M KOH: the only change was due to the reaction of PANI emeraldine salt to emeraldine base, whereas the other constituents of the multiphase electrode did not show any degradation.

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NanocompositesQuantum DotsCarbonElectrodesHydroxidesNitrogenOxygenCarbonhydroxide ionHydroxidesNitrogenOxygencapacitancecarbon materialselectrocatalysisKoutecky–Levich plotsTafel plots

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PMID35335194
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