Journal
CARBON
Volume 76, Issue -, Pages 386-400Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2014.04.092
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- PRIN project Advanced nanocomposite membranes and innovative electrocatalysts for durable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (NAMED-PEM)
- Italian Ministry of Instruction, University and Research (MIUR)
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In this paper, the reduced gaphene oxide (rGO) is synthesized from graphite oxide (GO) via microwave exfoliation method, and used to support non-noble metal Fe-N-x based electrocatalysts (Fe-N-x/rGO) for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Tripyridyl triazine (TPTZ) is used as a ligand for Fe-N-x catalyst preparation. The obtained catalyst presents a high content of pyridinic (N1) and pyrrolic (N2) nitrogen types on the catalyst surface (40.0% and 52.3% atomic concentrations, respectively) with Fe atomic content of 0.7%. A catalyst loading of 0.5 mg cm(-2) with a ionomer-to-carbon (ITC) mass ratio of 0.2 deposited on the glassy carbon electrode allows the highest ORR activity with the specific current of --0.35 mA mg(-1) at a cell voltage of 0.8 V (vs. RHE). The overall electron transfer number obtained is of 3.98. Stability tests in acidic solution for this catalyst are also performed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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