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Revealing High Oxygen Evolution Catalytic Activity of Fluorine-Doped Carbon in Alkaline Media
Jeheon Kim1, Tomohiro Fukushima2, Ruifeng Zhou3
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan. jeheonkim@frontier.hokudai.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Oxygen evolution reactions (OER) are important reactions for energy conversion. Metal-free carbon-based catalysts potentially contribute to the catalytic materials for OER. However, it has been difficult to understand the intrinsic catalytic activity of carbon materials, due to catalyst decomposition over the course of long-term reactions. Here, we report high oxygen evolution reaction catalytic activity of F-doped carbon in alkaline media. Intrinsic OER activity was evaluated from a combination of measurements using a rotating disk electrode and O₂ sensor. The F-doped carbon catalyst is a highly active catalyst, comparable to state-of-the-art precious-metal-based catalysts such as RuO₂.
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