A Deep Dive Into the Study of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbons as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction via Design of Experiments

, etc.) and electrochemically active surface area, activity and selectivity for the ORR via N-functionalization is significantly reduced. Optimization of the studied design space indicates that an N precursor content of 35 wt.%-38 wt.%, pyrolysis temperature ≤ 900 °C, and a salt mass < 15 g would garner the necessary N-content (∼7-8 at%) and porosity to achieve the most active and selective N-doped carbon ORR electrocatalysts.