The development of cost affordable and efficient catalysts for speeding up electrode reactions is key for boosting up the commercial viability of fuel cells, metal air batteries and other energy production and storage devices. Although state-of-the-art platinum demonstrates excellent performance as an electrode material, its susceptibility to poisoning, high cost and limited availability have blocked the road for large scale commercialization of Pt based energy conversion/storage devices. In this connection carbon nanomaterials are attractive choices on account of their corrosion resistant properties, affordable cost, widespread availability, unique surface features, environmentally acceptable nature and practical capability for addressing the global energy challenge. Moreover, the catalytic role of carbon nanomaterials is expected to be further upgraded by the incorporation of dopants into their framework. Hence, the current review article is at the heart of underlining the recent progress achieved under the umbrella of heteroatom-doped carbons to accelerate reactions in advanced energy generation devices.

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用于高性能储能装置的杂原子掺杂碳质电极材料

开发成本可承受且高效的催化剂以加快电极反应，对于提高燃料电池，金属空气电池以及其他能源生产和存储设备的商业生存能力至关重要。尽管最先进的铂作为电极材料表现出优异的性能，但是其对中毒的敏感性，高成本和有限的可用性阻碍了基于Pt的能量转换/存储设备的大规模商业化。在这方面，由于碳纳米材料的耐腐蚀性能，可承受的成本，广泛的可获得性，独特的表面特征，环境可接受的性质以及应对全球能源挑战的实用能力，因此它们是有吸引力的选择。而且，通过将掺杂剂结合到碳纳米材料的框架中，碳纳米材料的催化作用有望得到进一步提升。因此，本篇综述文章的重点是强调在杂原子掺杂碳的保护下加速先进能量产生装置中反应的最新进展。