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Facile and Economic Synthesis of Heteroatoms Co-Doped Graphene Using Garlic Biomass As a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst Toward 4 E− Orr Publisher



Sadeghhassani S1, 2 ; Samiee L3 ; Ganjali MR2, 4 ; Rashidi AM5
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  1. 1. Catalysis Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Blvd. Azadi Sport Complex, P.O. Box 14665-137, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Energy Technology Research Division, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Blvd. Azadi Sport Complex, P.O. Box 14665-137, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Biosensor Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Nanotechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), West Blvd. Azadi Sport Complex, P.O. Box 14665-137, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society Published:2022


Abstract

In this work, garlic-derived graphene as an economic biomass material was used for preparation of quaternary (S, N, P and B)-doped carbon via pyrolysis at 900 °C for 2 h under nitrogen atmosphere. The as-synthesized electrocatalyst was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. Moreover, electrochemical evaluation was performed by rotating disk electrode and cyclic voltammetry techniques. The obtained results showed that inserting of four heteroatoms to graphene framework is possible using a low-cost and environment friendly biomass material. The prepared electrocatalyst shows good selectivity to 4e− pathway in alkaline oxygen reduction reaction as well as excellent resistance toward methanol crossover effects, confirming their considerable potential to oxygen reduction reaction as an electro-catalyst. Moreover, the onset potential of heteroatoms-doped graphene using garlic (S300G900) sample (0.90 vs. RHE) is very close to Pt/C 20 wt% (0.99 V vs. RHE). © 2021, Iranian Chemical Society.