Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 5, Issue 6, Pages 2972-2980Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta09729d
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Funding
- China Scholarship Council [2015DFH586]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51302022]
- Science Development Project of Shandong Provincial [2014GGX104004]
- Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, China [ZR2015EM044]
- Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [61320106011]
- 1000 Talents Plan of China
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Research on catalysis for fuel cells is extremely important to enhance the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) using heterogeneous catalyst materials. In this work, cobalt carbide (Co2C) and cobalt nitride (Co4N) nanoparticles were intercalated with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets through heteroatom doping and utilized for the ORR in alkaline fuel cells, in which rGO acted as a catalyst support. Cyclic voltammetry results indicated that the ORR half-wave potentials of Co2C/rGO and Co4N/rGO were found to be -0.095 V and -0.118 V, respectively. Chronoamperometric studies revealed the excellent catalytic stability of the prepared catalysts. The reaction kinetics study showed that Co2C/rGO and Co4N/rGO pursued a 4e(-) (four electron) oxygen reduction process. The catalytic activity and stability in alkaline electrolyte indicated that Co2C/rGO and Co4N/rGO have great potential as alternatives to precious metal-based catalysts.
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