Theoretical insight into highly durable iron phthalocyanine derived non-precious catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (46) ◽  
pp. 19707-19716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min Ho Seo ◽  
Drew Higgins ◽  
Gaopeng Jiang ◽  
Sung Mook Choi ◽  
Byungchan Han ◽  
...  

N4-chelate macrocycles comprise the foundation for non-precious metal oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst research, where the main electrochemical process occurs in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 2398
Author(s):  
Marika Muto ◽  
Mayumi Nagayama ◽  
Kazunari Sasaki ◽  
Akari Hayashi

Porous Pt electrocatalysts have been developed as an example of carbon-free porous metal catalysts in anticipation of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and PEM water electrolyzers through the assembly of the metal precursor and surfactant. In this study, porous Pt was structurally evaluated and found to have a porous structure composed of connected Pt particles. The resulting specific electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of porous Pt was 12.4 m2 g−1, which was higher than that of commercially available Pt black. Accordingly, porous Pt showed higher oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity than Pt black. When the activity was compared to that of a common carbon-supported electrocatalyst, Pt/ketjen black (KB), porous Pt showed a comparable ORR current density (2.5 mA cm−2 at 0.9 V for Pt/KB and 2.1 mA cm−2 at 0.9 V for porous Pt), and OER current density (6.8 mA cm−2 at 1.8 V for Pt/KB and 7.0 mA cm−1 at 1.8 V), even though the ECSA of porous Pt was only one-sixth that of Pt/KB. Moreover, it exhibited a higher durability against 1.8 V. In addition, when catalyst layers were spray-printed on the Nafion® membrane, porous Pt displayed more uniform layers in comparison to Pt black, showing an advantage in its usage as a thin layer.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 6195-6206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pan Xu ◽  
Wenzhao Chen ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Taishan Zhu ◽  
Mingjie Wu ◽  
...  

In the past four decades, non-precious metal catalysts (NPMCs) have been extensively studied as low-cost catalyst alternatives to Pt for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 895-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mo Qiao ◽  
Cheng Tang ◽  
Liviu Cristian Tanase ◽  
Cristian Mihail Teodorescu ◽  
Chengmeng Chen ◽  
...  

We propose a novel idea to improve the surface properties of carbon-based Pt-free electrocatalysts in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and Alkaline Fuel Cells (AFCs).


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