CVD grown graphene as catalyst for acid electrolytes
By Yazici, M. Suha; Azder, M. Akif; Salihoglu, Omer
Published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2018
Abstract
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) process is utilized to grow and study behavior of porous, continuous-phase 3D graphene structures in acid electrolyte. Graphene layers that are produced by CVD process are tested for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity by Rotating Disc Electrode (RDE) measurements in 0,1 M HClO4 electrolyte. Raman spectroscopy measurements confirms multi-layer porous structure formation for more than 1 min grow on nickel foam. Multi-layer porous graphene has provided ?A level current. When NH3 is used for nitrogen (N)-doping, magnitude of the reduction current increases, but still low for practical usage of graphene in acid electrolytes as catalyst. N-doping is confirmed with XPS measurements showing all possible types of N-doping phases with 900