- Title
- KOH-treated reduced graphene oxide: 100% selectivity for H2O2 electroproduction
- Creator
- Zhu, Jingyi; Xiao, Xue; Zheng, Kai; Li, Fumin; Ma, Ge; Yao, Hong-Chang; Wang, Xin; Chen, Yu
- Relation
- Carbon Vol. 153, Issue November 2019, p. 6-11
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.07.009
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- H2O2 is an important chemical widely used in paper, textile, water treatment and other fields, while the current industrial anthraquinone pathway is not sustainable. Herein, a highly efficient electrocatalyst, reduced graphene oxide (rGO-KOH), applied for electrochemical H2O2 production was obtained by treating graphene oxide (GO) with KOH aqueous solution. Compared to KBH4-treated reduced graphene oxide (rGO-KBH4) made by KBH4 reduction method, rGO-KOH has more ether bonds (C–O–C) on the surface and a larger electrochemically active surface area. Benefiting from these advantages, rGO-KOH exhibits enhanced selectivity (∼100%) and mass activity for the oxygen reduction reaction through a two-electron pathway (ORR-2e) than rGO-KBH4. Meanwhile, rGO-KOH also shows the excellent durablity for (ORR-2e) in alkaline media. Thus, rGO-KOH may be an ideal electrocatalyst for H2O2 electroproduction.
- Subject
- graphene oxide; method; ether bonds; two-electron pathway; SDG 9; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1463976
- Identifier
- uon:46882
- Identifier
- ISSN:0008-6223
- Language
- eng
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