Sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride decorated with graphene quantum dots for an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst

Chenyu Xu, Qing Han, Yang Zhao*, Lixia Wang, Yang Li, Liangti Qu

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Abstract

A rationally designed strategy has been developed for spontaneous reduction and assembly of graphene quantum dots rich in carbonyl and carboxylic groups (ox-GQDs) onto sulfur doped graphitic carbon nitride (s-g-C3N4) nanosheets to form unique s-g-C3N4@GQD nanohybrids by a one-step hydrothermal treatment. The fabricated architectures exhibit remarkably enhanced catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction far better than the original s-g-C3N4 and GQDs, which is even comparable to those of well-developed graphene and GQD-based catalysts, demonstrating the potential towards energy conversion applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1841-1846
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Feb 2015

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Xu, C., Han, Q., Zhao, Y., Wang, L., Li, Y., & Qu, L. (2015). Sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride decorated with graphene quantum dots for an efficient metal-free electrocatalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3(5), 1841-1846. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4ta06149g