From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process

N‐doped carbon nanostructures have gained attention as an alternative electrocatalyst for diverse reactions. They are making attractive the scalable methods to achieve enough material. However, optimizing the appropriate nitrogen species in the N‐doped graphitic electrocatalysts is critical. Here, t...

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Main Authors: José Manuel Ruiz‐Marizcal, José Israel Paez‐Ornelas, Héctor Noé Fernández‐Escamilla, Eduardo Antonio Murillo‐Bracamontes, Gabriel Alonso‐Núñez, Eduardo G. Perez‐Tijerina, Noboru Takeuchi, José Manuel Romo‐Herrera
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Published: Wiley-VCH 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400310
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author José Manuel Ruiz‐Marizcal
José Israel Paez‐Ornelas
Héctor Noé Fernández‐Escamilla
Eduardo Antonio Murillo‐Bracamontes
Gabriel Alonso‐Núñez
Eduardo G. Perez‐Tijerina
Noboru Takeuchi
José Manuel Romo‐Herrera
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José Israel Paez‐Ornelas
Héctor Noé Fernández‐Escamilla
Eduardo Antonio Murillo‐Bracamontes
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Eduardo G. Perez‐Tijerina
Noboru Takeuchi
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description N‐doped carbon nanostructures have gained attention as an alternative electrocatalyst for diverse reactions. They are making attractive the scalable methods to achieve enough material. However, optimizing the appropriate nitrogen species in the N‐doped graphitic electrocatalysts is critical. Here, the N‐doping process to obtain N‐doped graphene starting from graphene oxide (GO) as the precursor to contributing toward this goal is explored. The role of doping temperatures and doping times on nitrogen incorporation into the graphene sheets, the subsequent desorption, and the influence of the oxygen (O) species from the GO during the N‐doping process are analyzed. The experimental evidence is combined with first‐principles density functional theory calculations to understand key characteristics of the N‐doping process, particularly emphasizing the proportion of N species obtained. Finally, the critical sensitivity to N species proportions present in the electrocatalysts is illustrated by evaluating the activity and selectivity for the oxygen reduction reaction with a set of three different samples designed.
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spelling doaj-art-9f96fa7153a244c0a87200390aab2fd52025-08-20T03:04:29ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Energy & Sustainability Research2699-94122025-04-0164n/an/a10.1002/aesr.202400310From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping ProcessJosé Manuel Ruiz‐Marizcal0José Israel Paez‐Ornelas1Héctor Noé Fernández‐Escamilla2Eduardo Antonio Murillo‐Bracamontes3Gabriel Alonso‐Núñez4Eduardo G. Perez‐Tijerina5Noboru Takeuchi6José Manuel Romo‐Herrera7Programa de Posgrado en Nanociencias Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada Carr. Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Pedro de Alba S/N, Niños Héroes, Ciudad Universitaria 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Pedro de Alba S/N, Niños Héroes, Ciudad Universitaria 66455 San Nicolás de los Garza Nuevo León MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Tijuana‐Ensenada km107 22860 Ensenada Baja California MéxicoN‐doped carbon nanostructures have gained attention as an alternative electrocatalyst for diverse reactions. They are making attractive the scalable methods to achieve enough material. However, optimizing the appropriate nitrogen species in the N‐doped graphitic electrocatalysts is critical. Here, the N‐doping process to obtain N‐doped graphene starting from graphene oxide (GO) as the precursor to contributing toward this goal is explored. The role of doping temperatures and doping times on nitrogen incorporation into the graphene sheets, the subsequent desorption, and the influence of the oxygen (O) species from the GO during the N‐doping process are analyzed. The experimental evidence is combined with first‐principles density functional theory calculations to understand key characteristics of the N‐doping process, particularly emphasizing the proportion of N species obtained. Finally, the critical sensitivity to N species proportions present in the electrocatalysts is illustrated by evaluating the activity and selectivity for the oxygen reduction reaction with a set of three different samples designed.https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400310density functional theoriesgraphene oxidesN‐doped graphenenitrogen speciesthermal treatments
spellingShingle José Manuel Ruiz‐Marizcal
José Israel Paez‐Ornelas
Héctor Noé Fernández‐Escamilla
Eduardo Antonio Murillo‐Bracamontes
Gabriel Alonso‐Núñez
Eduardo G. Perez‐Tijerina
Noboru Takeuchi
José Manuel Romo‐Herrera
From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
Advanced Energy & Sustainability Research
density functional theories
graphene oxides
N‐doped graphene
nitrogen species
thermal treatments
title From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
title_full From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
title_fullStr From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
title_full_unstemmed From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
title_short From Graphene Oxide to N‐Doped Graphene: Understanding the Doping Process
title_sort from graphene oxide to n doped graphene understanding the doping process
topic density functional theories
graphene oxides
N‐doped graphene
nitrogen species
thermal treatments
url https://doi.org/10.1002/aesr.202400310
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