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- 2022A hemicellulose-first approach: one-step conversion of sugarcane bagasse to xylooligosaccharides over activated carbon modified with tandem plasma and acid treatmentscitations
- 2020Nanoconfined synthesis of nitrogen-rich metal-free mesoporous carbon nitride electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reactioncitations
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Nanoconfined synthesis of nitrogen-rich metal-free mesoporous carbon nitride electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction
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<p>Synthesizing metal-free, low-cost, and durable electrocatalysts that are active for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) is essential for the development of commercial alkaline water electrolyzers. Herein, we develop a nanoconfined synthesis approach for the fabrication of a metal-free graphitic mesoporous carbon nitride (gMesoCN) electrocatalyst with a high surface area of 406 m<sup>2</sup>/g and high nitrogen content of 48%. This is achieved by a nanohard-templating approach through simple polymerization of guanidine hydrochloride (GndCl) as a single carbon-nitrogen source inside the organized mesopore channels of a mesoporous SBA15 silica nanotemplate. The produced material is characterized with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which confirmed the formation of a well-ordered mesoporous carbon nitride, while analysis of the pore size distribution indicated the formation of uniformly sized pore channels of 4.56 nm. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) indicated that gMesoCN consisted of C and N. The metal-free gMesoCN material showed good electrocatalytic performance for the OER in alkaline medium, where a Tafel slope of 52.4 mV/dec indicated favorable OER kinetics. Significantly, the gMesoCN material demonstrates long-term durability with 98.4% retention of current density after 24 h. The reported gMesoCN material is inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and easy-to-synthesize with the potential for applicability in the field of electrocatalysis.</p>