Nitrogen-doped porous activated carbon derived from cocoon silk as a highly efficient metal-free electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

Peng Fu, Lihua Zhou, Lihua Sun, Baohua Huang, Yong Yuan

RSC Advances · 2017 · 80 citations · 50 references

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Nitrogen-doped porous activated carbon (PAC) has been fabricated <italic>via</italic> a facile heat-treatment and chemical activation of cocoon silk. The prepared PAC exhibits excellent ORR catalytic activity.

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