Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Cyanogenic glycosides: A sustainable carbon and nitrogen source for developing resilient Janus reversible oxygen electrocatalysts for metal-air batteries Description An account of the resource Most of the transition metal based heteroatom doped carbon electrocatalysts, utilizes the fossil fuel derived commercially available precursors as source of nitrogen and carbon which may question our environmental generosity. Herein, we have developed Ni-based efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts using apple seeds (that contains cyanogenic glycosides) as the precursor for nitrogen and carbon. With tuning the temperature, we were able to optimize the nitrogen doping up to ?3 at.%. The optimized electrocatalyst catalyses the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) process with muted peroxide generation (for 0.7500.1 V the % HO2 ? generation ?3 - 2%), preferential 4e? reduction pathways (n ? 3.93 to 3.98 in 0.750.1 V range) and electron transfer via inner-sphere electron transfer mechanism which ensures the maximum utilization of instituted active centres owing to the direct interaction of reactant species. Alike to ORR, the superior oxygen evolution reaction (OER) performance with smaller Eonset, EJ=10, Tafel slope and enduring accelerated stability test advocates its potential as a bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst. Moreover, smaller potential gap ?E (EJ10_OER - E1/2_ORR) of 0.845 V further warrants the energy efficient OER/ORR process. A porotype of Al-air battery system using our catalysts as oxygen electrode and chocolate wafer as anode material is well capable of powering the light emitting diodes. This study hopefully opens a new avenue to explore cyanogenic glycosides plants product to develop multifunctional electrocatalysts. 2019 Elsevier Ltd Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nandan R.; Nanda S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carbon, Vol-155, pp. 155-165. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Elsevier Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.08.053" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.08.053</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071333844&amp;doi=10.1016%2Fj.carbon.2019.08.053&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b5c96a0478e469e845f3fd7b27dcf865" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85071333844&amp;doi=10.1016%2fj.carbon.2019.08.053&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=b5c96a0478e469e845f3fd7b27dcf865</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Green Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 86223; CODEN: CRBNA Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Nandan R., Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-Ashaidai, Nomi City, 923-1211, Ishikawa, Japan; Nanda S., Christ (Deemed to be university), Bangalore, 560029, India