Untangling cooperative effects of pyridinic and graphitic nitrogen sites at metal‐free N‐doped carbon electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

JA Behan, E Mates‐Torres, SN Stamatin, C Domínguez… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metal‐free carbon electrodes with well‐defined composition and smooth topography are
prepared via sputter deposition followed by thermal treatment with inert and reactive gases …

Efficient solar water splitting photocathodes comprising a copper oxide heterostructure protected by a thin carbon layer

PP Kunturu, J Huskens - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrochemical (PEC) solar water splitting has received extensive attention because it
promises to provide an alternative and sustainable source of energy. A key challenge is to …

Influence of defects in graphene on electron transfer kinetics: The role of the surface electronic structure

VA Kislenko, SV Pavlov, SA Kislenko - Electrochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The kinetics of an outer-sphere nonadiabatic electron transfer reaction at the defective
graphene is theoretically investigated. Different intrinsic and extrinsic point defects were …

Defective TiO2-Supported Dual-Schottky Heterostructure Boosts Fast Reaction Kinetics for High Performance Lithium-Ion Storage

M Zhang, A Lu, H Li, M Li, J Wang… - ACS Applied Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
TiO2, as a potential anode for lithium-ion batteries, suffers from low theoretical capacity and
inferior reaction kinetics. Herein, we innovatively designed a unique dual-Schottky regulated …

Experimental and computational study of dopamine as an electrochemical probe of the surface nanostructure of graphitized N-doped carbon

JA Behan, MK Hoque, SN Stamatin… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
N-doped carbon nanomaterials have received increased attention from electrochemists
because of their applications in the metal-free electrocatalysis of important redox processes …

Electrografting of 4-nitrobenzenediazonium ion at carbon electrodes: catalyzed and uncatalyzed reduction processes

L Lee, PA Brooksby, P Hapiot, AJ Downard - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Cyclic voltammograms for the reduction of aryldiazonium ions at glassy carbon electrodes
are often, but not always, reported to show two peaks. The origin of this intriguing behavior …

Capacitive storage at nitrogen doped amorphous carbon electrodes: structural and chemical effects of nitrogen incorporation

MK Hoque, JA Behan, SN Stamatin, F Zen, TS Perova… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen incorporated carbon materials play an important role in electrochemical energy
conversion technologies from fuel cells to capacitive storage devices. This work investigates …

Remarkably high heterogeneous electron transfer activity of carbon-nanotube-supported reduced graphene oxide

X Mao, F Guo, EH Yan, GC Rutledge… - Chemistry of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Enhancement of the heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) activities of graphene materials
toward redox-active molecules assumes a crucial role in numerous graphene-based …

Electrocatalysis at nanocarbons: model systems and applications in energy conversion

C Domínguez, JA Behan… - Nanocarbon …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is clear that examples abound of outstanding performance of nanocarbons as precious
metal‐free electrocatalysts in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution …

Polymer surfaces graphitization by low-energy He+ ions irradiation

A Geworski, I Lazareva, K Gieb, Y Koval… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The electrical and optical properties of surfaces of polyimide and AZ5214e graphitized by
low-energy (1 keV) He+ irradiation at different polymer temperatures were investigated. The …