Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 219, Issue -, Pages 249-252Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.07.056
Keywords
Non-precious metal catalysts; Pyrolysis; Nanoshell structure; Oxygen reduction reaction
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20863003, 51164017]
- Yunnan Province [2007PY01-9, 2010DH025]
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In this paper, a novel non-precious metal catalyst, W-N-C, for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), has been synthesized via the pyrolysis of polyaniline-coated tungsten carbide particles. The electrocatalytic measurements show that the W-N-C catalyst exhibits a high catalytic activity and long-term stability for ORR in acid media. The ORR onset potential, half-wave potential, and diffusion-limited current density of W-N-C catalyst are measured at 0.82 V. 0.55 V. and 1.54 mA cm(-2), respectively. TEM and XPS measurements indicate that the W-N-C catalyst has nanoshell structure and a high ratio of the graphitic N, which are responsible for high ORR activity and stability. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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