Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages 267-275Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.05.035
Keywords
Oxygen reduction; Non-precious catalyst; Fuel cells; Polyaniline; Carbon nanotube; In-situ graphene
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- University of Waterloo
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology
- Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [APCPJ 417858-11]
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Heat treated iron-polyaniline-carbon - based non-precious metal catalysts represent a promising class of material to replace the platinum based ORR catalysts for PEMFC technologies. In the present research, we apply an ammonia treatment to tune the structure and activity of electrocatalysts derived from iron, polyaniline and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). By controlling the NH3 reaction conditions, we were able to tune the chemistry of nitrogen incorporation, including concentration and dopant type. The final catalyst had a robust morphology consisting of highly porous 2-D in-situ formed graphene-like structures that, along with the intermixed 1-D CNTs, were decorated with an abundance of nitrogen and iron species. The resultant surface chemistry led to impressive catalyst activity, with a half-wave potential of 0.81 V observed through half-cell testing and under H-2-air fuel cell testing, a current density of 77 mA cm(-2) at 0.8 V was achieved, along with a maximum power density of 335 mW cm(-2). (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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