Journal
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL
Volume 272, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119012
Keywords
Alkaline membrane fuel cell; Carbide-derived carbon; Carbon nanotubes; Nitrogen doping; Oxygen reduction
Funding
- Estonian Research Council [PRG723]
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research [IUT34-14]
- EU through the European Regional Development Fund [TK141]
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Nitrogen-doped carbide-derived carbon/carbon nanotube (CDC/CNT) composites were prepared and employed for the first time as a cathode electrocatalyst for the anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC). The CDC/CNT composites were doped with nitrogen using high temperature pyrolysis in the presence of different nitrogen precursors. In the rotating disk electrode measurements all N-CDC/CNT catalysts showed good electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline solution with the half-wave potential (E-1/2) around -0.25 V vs SCE. Moreover, the materials showed high tolerance to methanol and excellent stability after 10,000 potential cycles with a negative shift in E-1/2 of 10 and 14 mV, respectively. In AEMFC testing employing hexamethyl-p-terphenyl poly(benzimidazolium) (HMT-PMBI) anion exchange membrane, N-CDC/CNT as a cathode catalyst exhibited very good performance with the peak power density of 310 mW cm(-2). It can be concluded that the N-CDC/CNT composites are promising cathode catalysts for AEMFCs and alkaline direct methanol fuel cells.
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