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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 39, Issue 28, Pages 15937-15947Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.03.205
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Oxygen reduction reaction; Non-precious metal catalysts; Pyrolysis conditions
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A series of non-precious metal catalysts named as Co-PPy-TsOH/C towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were synthesized by pyrolyzing carbon supported cobalt-polypyrrole at various temperatures for diverse durations. The catalytic activity of these catalysts was evaluated with electrochemical techniques of cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk electrode and rotating ring-disk electrode. Physicochemical techniques, such as XRD, TEM and XPS, were employed to characterize the structure/morphology of the catalysts in order to understand the effects of pyrolysis conditions on the ORR activity. The results showed that both pyrolysis temperature and the duration have essential effects on the structure/morphology as well as ORR activity of the Co-PPy-TsOH/C catalysts, pyrolyzing the precursor at 800 degrees C for 2 h is the optimal condition to synthesize the catalyst with the best ORR performance. Copyright (C) 2014, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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