Recent Advances in Carbon-Based Metal-Free Electrocatalysts

Advanced Materials
Rajib PaulLiming Dai

Abstract

Precious noble metals (such as Pt, Ir) and nonprecious transition metals (e.g., Fe, Co), including their compounds (e.g., oxides, nitrides), have been widely investigated as efficient catalysts for energy conversion, energy storage, important chemical productions, and many industrial processes. However, they often suffer from high cost, low selectivity, poor durability, and susceptibility to gas poisoning with adverse environmental issues. As a low-cost alternative, the first carbon-based metal-free catalyst (C-MFC based on N-doped carbon nanotubes) was discovered in 2009. Since then, various C-MFCs have been demonstrated to show similar or even better catalytic performance than their metal-based counterparts, attractive energy conversion and storage (e.g., fuel cells, metal-air batteries, water splitting), environmental remediation, and chemical production. Enormous progress has been achieved while the number of publications still rapidly increases every year. Herein, a critical overview of the very recent advances in this rapidly developing field during the last couple of years is presented.

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Citations

Apr 27, 2019·Chemical Communications : Chem Comm·Lulu ChenJianbo Jia
Aug 21, 2019·Chemistry, an Asian Journal·Juan LiuRoland A Fischer
Jul 25, 2020·Chemistry : a European Journal·Ming-Xi ChenHai-Wei Liang
Jul 11, 2020·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·Yunchuang WangGuangcheng Yang

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