Performance and Mechanism of Graphene-carbon Felt Composited Gas Diffusion Cathode for Hydrogen Peroxide Electrochemical Production

doi:10.7503/cjcu20230245

Abstract

Abstract:

Graphene and Ketjen black composite carbon felt gas diffusion cathodes were prepared by impregnation-sintering by adjusting the amount of anhydrous ethanol， the mass ratio of graphene to polytetrafluoroethylene （PTFE）， sintering temperature and other factors during method， and their microstructure and H₂O₂ electrochemical catalytic performance were compared. Due to the scaly microstructure and abundant oxygen-containing functional groups， graphene-carbon felt composite cathode has higher H₂O₂ yield than Ketjen black-carbon felt composite cathode. The H₂O₂ catalytic performance of graphene-carbon felt composite cathode was improved by regulating the preparation process， and the response mechanism of different manufacture parameters on the H₂O₂ catalytic performance of graphene-carbon felt composite cathode was studied by means of linear sweep voltammetry（LSV）， electrochemical impedance spectroscopy（EIS）， Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）， X-ray photo- electron spectroscopy（XPS） and other testing methods. The research results show that when the addition amount of anhydrous ethanol is 60 mL， the mass ratio of graphene to PTFE is 3∶1， and the sintering temperature is 360 ℃， the prepared cathode has high conductivity and high surface C=O functional group content. After 90 min of electro-chemical reaction， the cumulative concentration of H₂O₂ can reach 427.63 mg/L. This cathode has strong cycling stability and high H₂O₂ generation efficiency， which has significant advantages over the widely used carbon black/ PTFE cathode. It is anticipated that this work could provide a theoretical basis and technical method reference for the efficient electrochemical production of H₂O₂ of gas diffusion cathodes based on graphene.

Key words: Graphene, Carbon felt, Gas diffusion cathode, H₂O₂, Electrocatalysis, Current efficiency

CLC Number:

O646

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HU Hongsu, SHEN Chuanzhe, WANG Yuhang, WANG Qingqing, HE Shilong, LI Peng. Performance and Mechanism of Graphene-carbon Felt Composited Gas Diffusion Cathode for Hydrogen Peroxide Electrochemical Production[J]. Chem. J. Chinese Universities, 2023, 44(11): 20230245.

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Cathode	BET Surface area/（m²·g^-1）	Single point adsorption total pore volume of pores/（cm³·g^-1）
CF⁃25	5.6763	0.009812
CF⁃35	3.2239	0.005091
CF⁃45	4.6100	0.005991
CF⁃60	23.2878	0.028685

Cathode	BET Surface area/（m²·g^-1）	Single point adsorption total pore volume of pores/（cm³·g^-1）
CF⁃25	5.6763	0.009812
CF⁃35	3.2239	0.005091
CF⁃45	4.6100	0.005991
CF⁃60	23.2878	0.028685

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