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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 584, Issue -, Pages 263-274Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.09.114
Keywords
Oxygen reduction; Electrocatalysis; Alkaline membrane fuel cell; MNC catalysts; Non-precious metal catalysts; Carbonitride template
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- Estonian Research Council [PRG723]
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research [IUT34-14]
- EU through the European Regional Development Fund [TK141]
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Highly active bimetallic catalysts for the electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction were successfully prepared by high-temperature pyrolysis, showing excellent performance comparable to commercial Pt/C. The catalysts' superior activity was attributed to high surface metal and nitrogen contents. In an anion exchange membrane fuel cell, the catalyst demonstrated a high peak power density.
Highly active electrocatalysts for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were prepared by high-temperature pyrolysis from 5-methylresorcinol, Co and/or Fe salts and dicyandiamide, which acts simultaneously as a precursor for reactive carbonitride template and a nitrogen source. The electrocatalytic activity of the catalysts for ORR in alkaline solution was studied using the rotating disc electrode (RDE) method. The bimetallic catalyst containing iron and cobalt (FeCoNC-at) showed excellent stability and remarkable ORR performance, comparable to that of commercial Pt/C (20 wt%). The superior activity was attributed to high surface metal and nitrogen contents. The FeCoNC-at catalyst was further tested in anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) with poly-(hexamethyl-p-terphenylbenzimidazolium) (HMT-PMBI) membrane, where a high value of peak power density (P-max = 415 mW cm(-2)) was achieved. (C) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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