Metal-free N-doped mesoporous carbon has been successfully synthesized by using KIT-6 as a hard template and (1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl) methanol as a novel precursor. The prepared carbon materials show quite high surface areas which are close to 1000 m2 g-1 and their nitrogen content can be controlled in the range of 0-10 wt% by changing the nitrogen content in the precursor. Electrochemical reduction of oxygen catalyzed by this carbon materials has been investigated and it can be concluded that mesoporous structure affect the mass transport in the catalyst layer and contribute to a very high selectivity to H2O2, over 90%.

Highly selective two electron reduction of oxygen catalyzed by N-doped mesoporous carbon

247th National Meeting (2014)

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