1. Smart tuning of 3D ordered electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction.
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Sun, Yi-Fei, Zhang, Ya-Qian, Yang, Yan-Ling, Chen, Jian, Hua, Bin, Shi, Yi-Xiang, Wang, Chang-An, and Luo, Jing-Li
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OXYGEN reduction , *ELECTROCATALYSTS , *BINDING sites , *CATALYTIC activity , *PEROVSKITE - Abstract
Extensive research has been devoted to the development of advanced oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts with functionally diverse active sites. Herein, we show a smart approach to advancing the ORR catalytic activity of a 3D porous perovskite. The facile oxidative-reductive-oxidative (O-R-O) thermal treatment cycle executed on Ag doped LaFeO 3 could stepwise switch on three different reaction sites (exsolved Ag-NPs, oxygen deficiency and Fe 4+ with optimal electron configuration) for ORR. Detailed characterizations illustrate that the ORR activity is basically derived from the hierarchically porous scaffold which provides a large surface area and enough pore volumes for mass and ion diffusion. More importantly, the unique synergistic effects among three separate kinds of reaction sites endow the speed-up of oxygen adsorption, activation and O 2− transportation. The exemplified results set out new design principles for the optimization of alternative catalysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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