Facile Combustion Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Titanium Oxynitride to Catalyse Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic Media
Facile Combustion Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Titanium Oxynitride to Catalyse Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic Media
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DOI:
10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.211
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发表时间:
2015-11
影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
M. Chisaka;Y. Ando;H. Muramoto
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作者:
M. Chisaka;Y. Ando;H. Muramoto
A facile route for synthesis of nitrogen-doped TiO2supported on carbon black (TiOxNy–C) to catalyse oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media, was developed without forming bulky TiN. This protocol involved modification of an inexpensive “solution phase combustion” process used for production of nitrogen and fluorine codoped TiO2photocatalysts. Fluorine-free TiOxNyparticles were successfully supported on carbon by adding the carbon support to the precursor dispersion containing titanium tetrafluoride and urea with stirring at 523 K, followed by pyrolysis under N2gas as a modification of the photocatalyst synthesis. The catalyst activity depended on the pyrolysis temperature, where the optimal activity was achieved by pyrolysis at 1073–1123 K. The active sites are proposed to be rutile TiO2doped with nitrogen atoms containing oxygen defects. The developed synthesis route requires less than half of the time required for our previous protocol utilizing two-step pyrolysis under a mixture of H2/O2/N2gas and NH3-gas and is also significantly more economical.