Improving the electrophilicity of nitrogen on nitrogen-doped carbon triggers oxygen reduction by introducing covalent vanadium nitride
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氮掺杂碳(NC)是一种有潜力的氧还原反应(ORR)电催化剂. 氮掺 杂碳可直接作为ORR活性位点中心, 优化氮原子的电子结构对催化活 性具有很大影响. 本文通过简单的物理混合和煅烧处理, 构建了一种由 氮化钒(VN)纳米颗粒为核、“铠甲状”NC作为壳的新型VN@NC纳米复 合材料. 得益于纳米线独特的核@壳结构和优化的电子结构, 与纯NC和 体相VN相比, 所制备的VN@NC展现出更优异的ORR活性(起始电位: 0.93 V). VN的引入诱导了电荷从NC上的氮原子转移到VN上的钒原子, 增加了NC上氮原子的亲电性, 从而优化了对含氧中间体的吸附过程. VN@NC也展现出了良好的循环稳定性(四万秒测试后, 电流密度保持 率为89%). 本研究揭示了调节NC中氮原子电子结构的重要性, 并为构 建NC基复合型电催化剂提供了有效方法.
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