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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 162, 期 7, 页码 F796-F801出版社
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.0041508jes
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [20673135, 50702065]
- Shanxi Natural Science Foundation [2012011020-1]
- New Staff Start-up Research Fund from Schoolof Chemical and Biological Engineering, Taiyuan University ofScience and Technology
Metal-coordinated nitrogen-doped carbons are catalytically active for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The present study describes in detail the ORR on Fe-coordinated, pyrrolic nitrogen-doped graphene (FeN4-G) based on a density functional theory calculation. On this model, pathways of four- and two-electron reductions are investigated for ORR. The most feasible four-electron reduction pathways are arranged in the following order: O-2(ads)-> OOH(ads)-> O-(ads) + H2O(ads) (or 2OH((ads)))-> OH(ads) + H2O(ads) -> 2H(2)O((ads)). Free energy diagrams show that the elementary steps of the ORR along the four-electron pathway are downhill at a low electrode potential (up to 0.41 V vs. standard hydrogen electrode). The rate-determining step appears at the OH(ads)-to-H(2)O((ads))reduction, with a reaction barrier of 1.02 eV. The two-electron reduction product H2O2 can chemisorb on the surface. However, the free energy diagrams show that the reduction. of OOH into H2O2 remains uphill for all positive electrode potential vs. the normal hydrogen electrode. The high endothermic Delta G value of H2O2 formation indicates that the two-electron ORR pathway is unfavorable on FeN4-G catalysts. (C) 2015 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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