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A Polyaniline-based Sensor of Nucleic Acids
Published on: November 1, 2016
Recent Advance on Polyaniline or Polypyrrole-Derived Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Zhankun Jiang1, Jiemei Yu2, Taizhong Huang3
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Jinan, 336 West Nanxinzhuang Road, Jinan 250022, China. zhankun.jiang@emt.inrs.ca.
Abstract:
The fuel cell, as one of the most promising electrochemical devices, is sustainable, clean, and environmentally benign. The sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important fuel cell cathodic reaction that decides the efficiency of the overall energy conversion. In order to improve ORR efficiency, many efficient catalysts have been developed, in which the N-doped material is most popular. Polyaniline and polypyrrole as common aromatic polymers containing nitrogen were widely applied in the N-doped material. The shape-controlled N-doped carbon material can be prepared from the pyrolysis of the polyaniline or polypyrrole, which is effective to catalyze the ORR. This review is focused on the recent advance of polyaniline or polypyrrole-based ORR electrocatalysts.
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