三元合金氧还原电催化剂

质子交换膜燃料电池作为重要的电化学能源转换装置,在提高能量转换效率、减少环境污染等方面具有诱人的前景.然而,阴极氧还原过电位较大、活性较低、稳定性差,且铂基催化剂昂贵,使该燃料电池难以商业化.纳米结构电催化剂的发展有望解决此难题。对纳米合金电催化剂其组分和结构的设计是开发高活性、高稳定性和低成本的燃料电池电催化剂的重要因素.本文综述了近期由分子设计和热化学控制处理法制备的三元纳米合金电催化剂对燃料电池氧还原反应催化性能的最新进展.该方法可控制纳米合金的尺寸、组成以及二元和三元纳米催化剂的合金化程度.以高活性的三元纳米合金催化剂PtNiCo/C为例,综述了在设计燃料电池电催化剂时结构和组成的纳米级调优的重要性.PtNiCo/C电催化剂的质量比活性远高于其二元合金催化剂和Pt/C商业电催化剂.三元电催化剂的催化活性可通过控制其组成来调节.文章还讨论了三元纳米合金催化剂的结构及其协同效应对增强其电催化性能的影响.     

Chemical Dealloying Mechanism of Bimetallic Pt–Co Nanoparticles and Enhancement of Catalytic Activity toward Oxygen Reduction

The chemical dealloying mechanism of bimetallic Pt–Co nanoparticles (NPs) and enhancement of their electrocatalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) have been investigated on a fundamental level by the combination of X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and aberration‐corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Structural parameters, such as coordination numbers, alloy extent, and the unfilled d states of Pt atoms, are derived from the XAS spectra, together with the compositional variation analyzed by line‐scanning energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX) on an atomic scale, to gain new insights into the dealloying process of bimetallic Pt–Co NPs. The XAS results on acid‐treated Pt–Co/C NPs reveal that the Co–Co bonding in the bimetallic NPs dissolves first and the remaining morphology gradually transforms to a Pt‐skin structure. From cyclic voltammetry and mass activity measurements, Pt–Co alloy NPs with a Pt‐skin structure significantly enhance the catalytic performance towards the ORR. Further, it is observed that such an imperfect Pt‐skin surface feature will collapse due to the penetration of electrolyte into layers underneath and cause further dissolution of Co and the loss of Pt. The electrocatalytic activity decreases accordingly, if the dealloying process lasts for 4 h. The findings not only demonstrate the importance of appropriate treatment of bimetallic catalysts, but also can be referred to other Pt bimetallic alloys with transition metals.     

Pig Bone Derived Hierarchical Porous Carbon‐Supported Platinum Nanoparticles with Superior Electrocatalytic Activity Towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Hierarchical porous carbon (HPC) with nitrogen doped three dimension open macropore structure was prepared from pig bone, and applied for the support material for platinum nanoparticle (Pt NP) electrocatalyst. Compared with carbon black supported Pt NP electrocatalysts, the Pt/HPC exhibited larger electrochemical active surface area and enhanced catalytic properties for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in terms of on‐set potential, current density, mass activity and stability. The superior catalytic activity is mainly attributed to the high surface area, hierarchical porous structures and the nitrogen‐doped surface properties of the HPC, indicating it is a promising support material for the ORR electrocatalysts.     

P掺杂Pd3Fe1/C催化剂及其电催化氧还原活性

采用化学镀技术制备了P掺杂的Pd3Fe1/C,并考察了其对氧还原的电催化性能.结果表明,制得催化剂的Pd分散性高、粒径分布均匀;P的掺杂降低了Pd3Fe1/C催化剂的Pd-Fe颗粒粒径,提高了Pd3Fe1/C上氧还原的活性,且一定程度上改善了Pd3Fe1/C催化剂的稳定性.当Fe/P摩尔比为1/10时,催化剂的性能最佳...     

Co1-xS-MnS@CNTs/CNFs的制备及其氧还原电催化性能

氧还原反应是燃料电池中重要的阴极反应,但由于动力学迟缓等问题导致其效率低.碳基材料具有导电性高、稳定性好、比表面积大等优点,常被应用于电催化氧还原反应.然而其在电催化氧还原反应中效率较低,对碳基材料进行Co、Mn掺杂有望提高其氧还原效率.本文采用静电纺丝技术制备出含有Co,Mn双金属的碳纳米纤维,经热解和硫化后碳纳米纤...     

Carbon Nanodots as Electrocatalysts towards the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Electrocatalysts perform a key role in increasing efficiency of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and as a result, efforts have been made by the scientific community to develop novel and cheap materials that have the capability to exhibit low ORR overpotentials and allow the reaction to occur via a 4 electron pathway, thereby mimicking as close as possible to traditionally utilised platinum. In that context, two different types of carbon nanodots (CNDs) with amide (CND‐CONH₂) and carboxylic (CND‐COOH) surface groups, have herein been fabricated and shown to exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the ORR in acid and basic media (0.1 M H₂SO₄ and 0.1 M KOH). CND surface modified carbon screen‐printed electrodes allow for a facile electrode modification and enabling the study of the CNDs electrocatalytic activity towards the ORR. CND‐COOH modified SPEs are found to exhibit improved ORR peak current and reduced overpotential by 21.9 % and 26.3 %, respectively compared to bare/unmodified SPEs. Additionally, 424 μg cm⁻² CND‐COOH modified SPEs in oxygenated 0.1 M KOH are found to facilitate the ORR via a near optimal 4 (3.8) electron ORR pathway. The CNDs also exhibited excellent long‐term stability and tolerance with no degradation being observed in the achievable current with the ORR current returning to the baseline level within 100 seconds of exposure to a 1.5 M solution of methanol. In summary, the CND‐COOH could be utilised as a cathodic electrode for PEMFCs offering greater stability than a commercial Pt electrode.     

Electrochemical Preparation of N‐Doped Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles with High Electrocatalytic Activity for the Oxygen‐Reduction Reaction

Nitrogen‐doped CoO (N‐CoO) nanoparticles with high electrocatalytic activity for the oxygen‐reduction reaction (ORR) were fabricated by electrochemical reduction of CoCl₂ in acetonitrile solution at cathodic potentials. The initially generated, highly reactive nitrogen‐doped Co nanoparticles were readily oxidized to N‐CoO nanoparticles in air. In contrast to their N‐free counterparts (CoO or Co₃O₄), N‐CoO nanoparticles with a N content of about 4.6 % exhibit remarkable ORR electrocatalytic activity, stability, and immunity to methanol crossover in an alkaline medium. The Co?N_x active sites in the CoO nanoparticles are held responsible for the high ORR activity. This work opens a new path for the preparation of nitrogen‐doped transition metal oxide nanomaterials, which are promising electrocatalysts for fuel cells.     

通过铁掺杂和造孔提高氮掺杂石墨烯/碳纳米管复合物电催化氧还原性能的研究（英文）

氧还原反应催化剂的性能直接影响着能源转换和存储器件如燃料电池和金属-空气电池的性能. 开发低成本、高性能的非铂族金属氧还原催化剂对于这类器件的实际应用和商业化十分重要,因此备受关注. 氮掺杂的石墨烯/碳纳米管复合物同时具备碳纳米管的良好导电性能和有利于传质的三维网络结构优点,以及氮掺杂石墨烯的高活性优点,因此有望发展为这类可替代铂族催化剂的氧还原电催化剂之一,但目前其催化性能还需进一步提高. 本文研究发现通过在氮掺杂石墨烯/碳纳米管复合物的过程中引入铁元素可以有效提高催化剂的氧还原活性,并且发现通过在热处理和氮掺杂过程中加入二氧化硅纳米颗粒及随后除去二氧化硅,可以在氮掺杂的石墨烯/碳纳米管复合物材料中有效地形成多孔结构. 这种多孔结构的形成不仅可以在复合物中引入更多的高活性催化位点,而且有利于暴露更多的催化活性位并促进氧还原反应中的传质过程. 结合碳纳米管、石墨烯和多孔结构的三者优点,所制备的多孔氮掺杂碳材料表现出优异的电催化氧还原性能. 进一步的实验表明,这类材料还表现出优异的抗甲醇中毒能力和良好的稳定性,因此在性能改进后有望用于燃料电池等能量转换与存储器件.     

碱性介质中Fe/N/C催化剂的氧气还原反应催化性能研究

以氧化石墨烯(GO)为碳载体, K₃Fe(CN)₆同时作为N源和Fe源, 经热处理后构建了新型Fe/N/C结构的氧气还原催化剂. 在热处理过程中, 氧化石墨烯上的官能团分解脱离形成活性中心, Fe元素和N元素的同时掺杂是通过氧化石墨烯与K₃Fe(CN)₆之间的相互作用而实现的. 通过傅立叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)表征证明了这种非贵金属催化剂中N元素和Fe元素的成功掺杂, 在催化剂中N元素主要是以吡啶式氮、吡咯式氮和石墨式氮的形式存在, Fe(Ⅱ)和Fe(Ⅲ)则与其中的吡啶式氮配位形成Fe-N_x结构. 采用循环伏安法(CV)和旋转圆盘电极(RDE)技术, 研究其在碱性介质中对氧气还原反应(ORR)的电催化性能. 实验结果显示: Fe/N/C催化剂具有良好的ORR电催化活性, 在碱性溶液中的起始电位为-0.15 V, 同时有着良好的稳定性和抗甲醇性能.     

Recent Progress in Precious Metal-Free Carbon-Based Materials towards the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Activity,Stability, and Anti-Poisoning

The large-scale application of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) depends heavily on the development of high-performance and cost-effective oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts to replace the traditional Pt-based materials. Among the numerous candidates of ORR electrocatalysts, precious metal-free carbon-based materials have received ever-increasing attention for their unique electronic features, tunable nanostructures, and robustness. Although tremendous efforts have been devoted to raising the intrinsic properties of precious metal-free carbon-based materials, there exists a lot of room for them to be improved in activity, stability, and poison-tolerance. In this Minireview, the latest strategies for enhancing activity by increasing the accessible active sites and promoting the intrinsic activity have been summarized. In addition, with special emphasis on devastating catalyst poisoning, up-to-data tactics for elevating the stability and poison-tolerance are introduced. Finally, conclusions and perspectives are also presented.     

Precisely Controlled Synthesis of Pt-Pd Octahedral Nanoframes as a Superior Catalyst towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Pt-based nanoframes represent a class of promising catalysts towards oxygen reduction reaction. Herein, we, for the first time, successfully prepared Pt-Pd octahedral nanoframes with ultrathin ridges less than 2 nm in thickness. The Pt-Pd octahedral nanoframes were obtained through site-selected deposition of Pt atoms onto the edge sites of Pd octahedral seeds, followed by selective removal of the Pd octahedral cores via chemical etching. Due to that a combination of three-dimensional opens geometrical structure and Pt-skin surface compositional structure, the Pt-Pd octahedral nanoframes/C catalyst shows a mass activity of 1.15 A/mg_Pt towards oxygen reduction reaction, 5.8 times enhancement in mass activity relative to commercial Pt/C catalyst (0.20 A/mg_Pt). Moreover, even after 8000 cycles of accelerated durability test, the Pt-Pd octahedral nanoframes/C catalyst still exhibits a mass activity which is more than three times higher than that of pristine Pt/C catalyst.     

多孔钙钛矿型氧还原催化剂在柔性铝空气电池中的应用研究

钙钛矿型催化材料作为贵金属的低成本替代物受到广泛关注,其用作氧还原反应催化剂具有非常可观活性和稳定性.目前相关工作主要集中在使用钙钛矿制备技术影响元素组成、形态、表面积和结构控制等方面.对于普遍存在的钙钛矿(ABO₃)材料而言,制备过程煅烧温度较高导致合成材料比表面积通常较小,限制了其在非均相催化反应中活性的提升.本文借助无机模板SiO₂制备具有高活性的大比表面的钙钛矿型催化材料La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃(LSMO).测试结果表明,模板法LSMO具有非常可观的比表面积(31.1825m²·g^-1),用在柔性铝空气电池中放电电压相比于无模板法和溶胶凝胶法可分别提高8.2%和24.5%,且在大电流放电下性能衰退明显减缓.在电池变形状态下,输出电压可稳定在1.38 V以上.不仅为燃料电池商业化提供了解决方案,同时为未来可变性电源发展提供了新方向.     

氮掺杂石墨烯的制备及其对氧还原反应的电催化性能

以氧化石墨烯(GO)为原料、丙酮肟(DMKO)为还原剂和氮掺杂剂,采用化学还原法制备了不同氮掺杂含量的石墨烯(NG).利用场发射透射电子显微镜(FETEM)、紫外-可见(UV-Vis)光谱、傅里叶变换红外(FTIR)光谱、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、zeta电位和纳米粒度分析、循环伏安(CV)和旋转圆盘电极(RDE)等手段对材料的形貌、结构、成分和电化学性质进行表征.结果显示:DMKO能有效地还原GO,且通过调节GO与DMKO的质量比,可以得到不同还原效果的NG,其氮含量范围为4.40%-5.89%(原子分数);GO与DMKO的质量比为1:0.7时制备的氮掺杂石墨烯(NG-1)在O2饱和0.1 mol·L-1KOH溶液中对氧还原反应(ORR)的电催化性能最佳,其ORR峰电流为0.93 mA·cm-2,电子转移数为3.6,这归因于其较高含量的吡啶-N增加了材料的ORR活性位点.此外,石墨化-N由于其较高的电子导电性倾向于产生较高的氧还原峰电流,而吡啶-N较低的超电势倾向于产生较正的氧还原峰电位.与商用Pt/C相比,该材料展现出了优异的抗CH3OH"跨界效应"的特性.     

炭载Pd-Fe合金催化剂的制备及电催化氧还原活性

研究了用NH4Cl作配位剂的配位还原法来制备的Pd-Fe/C催化剂,发现由于NH4Cl能与Pd形成配合物,使Pd Cl2的还原电位负移,与Fe Cl3的还原电位接近,从而在低温下制备得到了高合金化程度的Pd-Fe/C催化剂。XPS表征结果表明:Pd与Fe形成合金后,Pd的电荷密度的减少,增加了Pd0的含量。因此,得到的Pd-Fe/C催化剂对氧还原的电催化活性比用相同方法制得的Pd/C催化剂高,而且该催化剂对甲醇氧化没有电催化活性。     

氮掺杂石墨烯的制备及其对氧还原反应的电催化性能

以氧化石墨烯（GO）为原料、丙酮肟（DMKO）为还原剂和氮掺杂剂,采用化学还原法制备了不同氮掺杂含量的石墨烯（NG）. 利用场发射透射电子显微镜（FETEM）、紫外-可见（UV-Vis）光谱、傅里叶变换红外（FTIR）光谱、X射线光电子能谱（XPS）、zeta 电位和纳米粒度分析、循环伏安（CV）和旋转圆盘电极（RDE）等手段对材料的形貌、结构、成分和电化学性质进行表征. 结果显示：DMKO能有效地还原GO,且通过调节GO与DMKO的质量比,可以得到不同还原效果的NG,其氮含量范围为4.40%-5.89%（原子分数）;GO与DMKO的质量比为1：0.7时制备的氮掺杂石墨烯（NG-1）在O₂饱和0.1 mol·L^-1 KOH溶液中对氧还原反应（ORR）的电催化性能最佳,其ORR峰电流为0.93 mA·cm^-2,电子转移数为3.6,这归因于其较高含量的吡啶-N增加了材料的ORR活性位点. 此外,石墨化-N由于其较高的电子导电性倾向于产生较高的氧还原峰电流,而吡啶-N较低的超电势倾向于产生较正的氧还原峰电位. 与商用Pt/C相比,该材料展现出了优异的抗CH₃OH“跨界效应”的特性.     

Pyrolytic Carbon‐coated Cu‐Fe Alloy Nanoparticles with High Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Electroreduction

Well‐dispersed carbon‐coated or nitrogen‐doped carbon‐coated copper‐iron alloy nanoparticles (FeCu@C or FeCu@C?N) in carbon‐based supports are obtained using a bimetallic metal‐organic framework (Cu/Fe‐MOF‐74) or a mixture of Cu/Fe‐MOF‐74 and melamine as sacrificial templates and an active‐component precursor by using a pyrolysis method. The investigation results attest formation of Cu?Fe alloy nanoparticles. The obtained FeCu@C catalyst exhibits a catalytic activity with a half‐wave potential of 0.83 V for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline medium, comparable to that on commercial Pt/C catalyst (0.84 V). The catalytic activity of FeCu@C?N for ORR (E_half‐wave=0.87 V) outshines all reported analogues. The excellent performance of FeCu@C?N should be attributed to a change in the energy of the d‐band center of Cu resulting from the formation of the copper–iron alloy, the interaction between alloy nanoparticles and supports and N‐doping in the carbon matrix. Moreover, FeCu@C and FeCu@C?N show better electrochemical stability and methanol tolerance than commercial Pt/C and are expected to be widely used in practical applications.     

炭载Pd-Fe合金催化剂的制备及电催化氧还原活性

研究了用NH₄Cl作配位剂的配位还原法来制备的Pd-Fe/C催化剂,发现由于NH₄Cl能与Pd形成配合物,使PdCl₂的还原电位负移,与FeCl₃的还原电位接近,从而在低温下制备得到了高合金化程度的Pd-Fe/C催化剂。XPS表征结果表明:Pd与Fe形成合金后,Pd的电荷密度的减少,增加了Pd⁰的含量。因此,得到的Pd-Fe/C催化剂对氧还原的电催化活性比用相同方法制得的Pd/C催化剂高,而且该催化剂对甲醇氧化没有电催化活性。     

Co3O4/C催化氧还原反应的活性及机理

采用液相控制沉淀法制备了平均粒径约为10nm的C03O4/C催化剂,运用X射线衍射和透射电镜对催化剂进行了表征,通过循环伏安法和线性扫描伏安法测试了催化剂催化氧还原反应的性能.结果表明,在酸性条件下,C03O4/C对氧还原反应具有电催化活性.利用Koutecky-Levich理论计算得到了交换电流密度为1.1×10-9...     

Nitrogen‐Rich Manganese Oxynitrides with Enhanced Catalytic Activity in the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

The catalytic activity of manganese oxynitrides in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was investigated in alkaline solutions to clarify the effect of the incorporated nitrogen atoms on the ORR activity. These oxynitrides, with rock‐salt‐like structures with different nitrogen contents, were synthesized by reacting MnO, Mn₂O₃, or MnO₂ with molten NaNH₂ at 240–280 °C. The anion contents and the Mn valence states were determined by combustion analysis, powder X‐ray diffraction, and X‐ray absorption near‐edge structure analysis. An increase in the nitrogen content of rock‐salt‐based manganese oxynitrides increases the valence of the manganese ions and reinforces the catalytic activity for the ORR in 1 m KOH solution. Nearly single‐electron occupancy of the antibonding e_g states and highly covalent Mn?N bonding thus enhance the ORR activity of nitrogen‐rich manganese oxynitrides.