C60-Adsorbed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Metal-Free, pH-Universal, and Multifunctional Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution

Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C60-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C60-SWCNTs were demonstrat...

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Published inJournal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 141; no. 29; pp. 11658 - 11666
Main Authors Gao, Rui, Dai, Quanbin, Du, Feng, Yan, Dongpeng, Dai, Liming
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Abstract Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C60-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C60-SWCNTs were demonstrated to act as trifunctional metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide range of pH values, from acid to alkaline, with even higher electrocatalytic activities and better long-term stabilities than those of commercial Pt and RuO2 counterparts. Thus, the adsorption-induced intermolecular charge-transfer with the C60 electron-acceptor can provide a general approach to high-performance, metal-free, pH-universal carbon-based trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for water-splitting and beyond.
AbstractList Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C60-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C60-SWCNTs were demonstrated to act as trifunctional metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide range of pH values, from acid to alkaline, with even higher electrocatalytic activities and better long-term stabilities than those of commercial Pt and RuO2 counterparts. Thus, the adsorption-induced intermolecular charge-transfer with the C60 electron-acceptor can provide a general approach to high-performance, metal-free, pH-universal carbon-based trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for water-splitting and beyond.
Buckminsterfullerene (C₆₀) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C₆₀-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C₆₀-SWCNTs were demonstrated to act as trifunctional metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide range of pH values, from acid to alkaline, with even higher electrocatalytic activities and better long-term stabilities than those of commercial Pt and RuO₂ counterparts. Thus, the adsorption-induced intermolecular charge-transfer with the C₆₀ electron-acceptor can provide a general approach to high-performance, metal-free, pH-universal carbon-based trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for water-splitting and beyond.
Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C60-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C60-SWCNTs were demonstrated to act as trifunctional metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide range of pH values, from acid to alkaline, with even higher electrocatalytic activities and better long-term stabilities than those of commercial Pt and RuO2 counterparts. Thus, the adsorption-induced intermolecular charge-transfer with the C60 electron-acceptor can provide a general approach to high-performance, metal-free, pH-universal carbon-based trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for water-splitting and beyond.Buckminsterfullerene (C60) was adsorbed onto single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) as an electron-acceptor to induce intermolecular charge-transfer with the SWCNTs, leading to a class of new metal-free C60-SWCNT electrocatalysts. For the first time, these newly developed C60-SWCNTs were demonstrated to act as trifunctional metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) over a wide range of pH values, from acid to alkaline, with even higher electrocatalytic activities and better long-term stabilities than those of commercial Pt and RuO2 counterparts. Thus, the adsorption-induced intermolecular charge-transfer with the C60 electron-acceptor can provide a general approach to high-performance, metal-free, pH-universal carbon-based trifunctional metal-free electrocatalysts for water-splitting and beyond.
Author Gao, Rui
Dai, Liming
Yan, Dongpeng
Dai, Quanbin
Du, Feng
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SubjectTerms carbon nanotubes
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catalytic activity
electrochemistry
fullerene
hydrogen production
oxygen
oxygen production
platinum
Title C60-Adsorbed Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Metal-Free, pH-Universal, and Multifunctional Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction, Oxygen Evolution, and Hydrogen Evolution
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