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    Chitosan Intercalated Metal Organic Gel as a Green Precursor of Fe Entrenched and Fe Distributed N-Doped Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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    Shijina, K.
    Illathvalappil, R.
    Kurungot, S.
    Nair, Balagopal
    Mohamed, A.
    Yamaguchi, T.
    Anilkumar, G.
    Hareesh, U.
    Sailaja, G.
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Shijina, K. and Illathvalappil, R. and Kurungot, S. and Nair, B. and Mohamed, A. and Yamaguchi, T. and Anilkumar, G. et al. 2017. Chitosan Intercalated Metal Organic Gel as a Green Precursor of Fe Entrenched and Fe Distributed N-Doped Mesoporous Graphitic Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemistrySelect. 2 (28): pp. 8762-8770.
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    ChemistrySelect
    DOI
    10.1002/slct.201701416
    ISSN
    2365-6549
    School
    Nanochemistry Research Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/66833
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    Abstract

    Herein, we present Metal-Organic Gel intercalated with chitosan, a green” precursor for the synthesis of intrinsic N-doped Fe entrenched (CHI-TMA-Fe-CW) and Fe distributed mesoporous graphitic carbon structures (CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1) with appreciable Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) activity in alkaline medium. Modulation of the synthetic protocol as a function of reaction kinetics and gelation time while maintaining identical pyrolysis conditions (900 °C, flowing N 2 atmosphere) improves the microstructure, surface area and Fe distribution of the graphitic structures (CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1). CHI-TMA-Fe-CW has a Fe entrenched graphitic nanocapsule like morphology while Fe distributed mesoporous graphitic carbon sheets, with a specific surface area value of 565 m 2 g -1 obtained by modulating the synthesis chemistry in CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1. The higher percentage of graphitic N in CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1 apparent from the XPS data validate that the modified synthetic method favours creation of more graphitic N sites contributing for better catalytic performance. CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1 catalyst exhibited comparable electrocatalytic activity with that of the commercially available Pt/C via an efficient four-electron-dominant ORR pathway with a positive onset potential value of 0.925 V vs RHE. Good durability of CHI-TMA-Fe-CW-M1 after 5000 cycles further confirm the prospects of MOG-chitosan and the feasibility to be used as a potential catalyst for ORR.

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