聚电解质聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵在高分子膜燃料电池中的应用:从纳米颗粒到载体材料（英文）

高分子膜燃料电池是一类很有发展前景的可提供可再生能源的装置,这主要得益于它的零排放、无毒性和较低的操作温度.在高分子膜燃料电池的部件中,电催化剂对于提高输出能量密度和/或工作寿命起到至关重要的作用.在过去的几十年中,科学家提出了很多办法和策略以解决电催化剂的活性和稳定性问题.尽管基于聚电解质的层层自组装制备膜电极的方法已经研究多年,但聚电解质在催化剂制备方面的作用仍需更多的关注.最近几年,已有很多人将聚电解质应用于催化剂设计制备,其中聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵(PDDA)的研究较为系统,因此,本文重点关注PDDA,目的是总结出一些有用的信息,以便为该领域未来的研究发展提供一些参考.本文收集了一些聚电解质在电催化剂纳米颗粒和载体材料两方面应用的文献,不仅讨论了聚电解质在催化剂颗粒粒径、形貌和组成方面的影响,还总结了其在修饰载体材料方面的应用.最后,本文还展望了聚电解质在催化剂设计制备领域的发展.通常,聚电解质有三个主要的特征:(1)在水溶液中容易解离为带相反电荷的长链结构和离子;(2)长链结构中带有独特的官能团结构;(3)当溶液浓度变化时其结构会发生转变.因此,聚电解质可以在电催化剂层面作为纳米反应器来控制金属纳米颗粒的生长,可功能化或掺杂纳米颗粒以及载体材料,可以保护纳米颗粒或载体不衰减,同时还可使其他物质带电,利用自组装方法制备有序的催化剂.然而,相关研究大都集中于PDDA,因此,其他聚电解质还需要进一步的系统研究,以便了解聚电解质特征、制备的催化剂以及催化性能之间的关系.PDDA在该领域的研究还需在如下几个方面继续进行.(1)聚电解质通常不是电子的良导体,其在催化剂表面的吸附会造成活性位的损失.尽管已经提出一些相对有效的方法,例如热处理、化学洗涤或光降解等,但仍需继续进行系统的研究和提出有效的方法.(2)先进的研究手段,如原位观测和模拟等还需进一步发展,尤其是研究聚电解质在催化剂形成过程中的功能和影响,这有利于构效关系的研究.(3)目前该领域制备的催化剂大都使用半电池或三电极体系来评价,但与实际的燃料电池装置有本质不同.由于复杂的工作条件,例如水热管理、不同组件的界面耦合等,聚电解质制备催化剂在膜电极中有可能不能表现出优良的性能.因此,上述催化剂的研究还应考虑燃料电池的实际运行情况.     

静电纺丝技术在燃料电池中的应用

静电纺丝是一种简单、实用的制造纳米纤维的技术,所需设备少,易于大规模生产。本文主要从催化剂、固体聚电解质膜及膜电极三方面阐述了静电纺丝技术在低温燃料电池中的应用。静电纺丝制得的一维纳米线电催化剂具有稳定的循环性能、优异的传质能力及较低的成本;制备的固体聚电解质膜主要包括Nafion复合膜、阻醇膜及耐温膜,其性能相对于传统的Nafion膜得到了进一步提升,而且,通过采用静电纺丝技术,使膜电极结构得到了优化。最后,对静电纺丝技术在低温燃料电池应用过程中可能存在的问题及其未来的发展趋势进行了展望。     

静电纺丝技术在低温燃料电池中的应用

静电纺丝是一种简单、实用的制造纳米纤维的技术,所需设备少,易于大规模生产。本文主要从催化剂、固体聚电解质膜及膜电极三方面阐述了静电纺丝技术在低温燃料电池中的应用。静电纺丝制得的一维纳米线电催化剂具有稳定的循环性能、优异的传质能力及较低的成本;制备的固体聚电解质膜主要包括Nafion复合膜、阻醇膜及耐温膜,其性能相对于传统的Nafion膜得到了进一步提升,而且,通过采用静电纺丝技术,使膜电极结构得到了优化。最后,对静电纺丝技术在低温燃料电池应用过程中可能存在的问题及其未来的发展趋势进行了展望。     

用于质子交换膜燃料电池抗CO的Pt-CeO2/C催化剂的制备和表征

采用一步沉淀法,制备了纳米级Pt-CeO2/C电催化剂.透射电镜和X射线衍射表征结果表明,制备的催化剂Pt颗粒均匀分散于碳载体表面,其粒径主要分布于1.5～2.5 nm.将Pt-CeO2/C催化剂制备成质子交换膜燃料电池膜电极,经循环伏安和单电池极化曲线测试发现,Pt-CeO2/C催化剂性能与Pt/C催化剂的相当.一氧...     

后处理技术提升燃料电池催化剂稳定性

燃料电池属于一种可再生的新能源技术,不经过热机过程,不受卡诺循环限制,通过电极和电解质界面的化学反应直接将燃料的化学能转化为电能,所以能量转化效率高,且没有噪声和污染。质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)是燃料电池中应用最广泛的一类,但PEMFC仍然存在一些问题,如成本高、功率密度低和催化剂稳定性差等。因此实现质子交换膜燃料电池大规模应用,研究开发高活性和高稳定性的催化剂是重中之重。针对燃料电池催化剂高活性和高稳定性的要求,本文综述了燃料电池催化剂的研究进展和性能改进方法。从活性组分和载体两个角度对提升燃料电池稳定性的方法展开论述。通过减小活性组分颗粒的直径、制备具有特定取向表面的铂颗粒、铂与过渡金属的合金化、载体的改性等方式来改善催化剂的性能。最后提出了燃料电池催化剂未来的发展方向以及在实际应用过程中面临的主要问题。     

高分子聚电解质型电极添加剂的合成和性能测试

合成阳离子聚电解质作为新型电极添加剂 ,考察了新型电极添加剂对离子交换膜燃料电池放电性能的影响。实验结果表明在电极中加入适量的新型电极添加剂可显著地提高燃料电池的放电性能。当电极中新型添加剂的含量为 1 .8%时 ,燃料电池的放电电压和电流密度都处于高峰值状态。实验结果还发现电荷密度为45%的聚电解质型电极添加剂对燃料电池放电性能的改性作用与价格昂贵的进口Nafion乳液添加剂的改性作用基本处于同一水平。因此在离子膜燃料电池中可采用廉价易合成的聚电解质型电极添加剂取代Nafion乳液添加剂。     

金属纳米颗粒-聚电解质多层膜的X射线反射率研究

用静电自组装技术制备了不同层数的Au纳米颗粒-聚电解质多层膜,用X射线反射及原子力显微镜对膜的微结构进行了表征.研究发现,当Au纳米颗粒下面的聚电解质层较薄时,膜中无清晰的界面结构;随着Au纳米颗粒下面的聚电解质层的增厚,金属-聚电解质多层膜的界面变得越来越清晰.     

对电极材料对非贵金属电催化剂耐久性评价的影响

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFCs)环境友好,具有高的能量转换效率,已受到了广泛的关注.目前,铂基电催化剂广泛使用在 PEMFCs中,但铂的储量有限,活性低,耐久性差,成本高,急需开发高性能的非贵金属电催化剂替代铂基电催化剂.非贵金属电催化剂的电化学表征基本上都沿用了铂基电催化剂的评价体系和方法,不一定适用于非贵金属电催化剂的表征.
　　本文选用铂和石墨为对电极考察其对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中耐久性测试的影响.当使用铂对电极时,商业 Pt/C电催化剂的氧还原(ORR)活性随着耐久性测试圈数的增加而降低,而非贵金属电催化剂的氧还原活性在耐久性测试过程中的变化规律与商业 Pt/C不同,呈现先降低,后升高的规律.耐久性测试前后的透射电镜(TEM)分析表明非贵金属电催化剂经过耐久性测试后,在电催化剂表面生长了铂纳米颗粒.高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)和能量色散 X射线光谱(EDX)进一步证明以铂为对电极的三电极体系,在进行非贵金属电催化剂耐久性测试的过程中,非贵金属电催化剂表面生长了铂纳米颗粒,使得非贵金属电催化剂的 ORR活性在耐久性测试后得到显著提高.耐久性测试前后,非贵金属电催化剂氧还原过程的电子转移数由3.7变为4.0,再次证明了耐久性测试过程中铂颗粒的生成.在三电极电化学体系中,当工作电极发生阴极反应时,对电极为阳极反应,反之亦然,即在工作电极上发生的任何电化学过程,都会在对电极上完成相反的电化学过程.在循环电位扫描过程中,当铂对电极的电压高于1.0 V (vs RHE)时,开始发生铂的溶解现象,并且当电压高于1.2 V (vs RHE)时,铂的溶解量会急剧增加,部分溶解的铂会扩散到工作电极附近,并在工作电极的非贵金属电催化剂表面发生沉积作用.随着扫描圈数的增加,沉积的铂纳米颗粒的数量增加,颗粒变大,从而使非贵金属电催化剂的表观 ORR活性显著提高.该现象使得非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中无法表现出其真实的耐久性.当选用石墨棒为对电极材料时,非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中的 ORR活性不会受到对电极材料的影响.
　　通过考察对电极材料对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中耐久性能的影响,可以得出结论,即对非贵金属电催化剂在酸性电解质中的耐久性测试中,不宜使用铂对电极,应该使用石墨为对电极材料,以防止对电极材料干扰耐久性测试.     

铂钯修饰聚N-乙酰苯胺膜电极对甲酸的电催化氧化

由电化学方法在石墨电极表面制备了规整多孔的纳米结构聚N-乙酰苯胺(PAANI)膜,并以其为载体制备了Pt-Pd/PAANI/C二元金属微粒修饰的聚合物复合膜电极.SEM和XRD研究结果表明,Pt、Pd微粒在PAANI膜中均匀分散,有效地改善了催化剂中贵金属的分散度和电极的结构.在0.5mol/L H2SO4+0.5mol/LHCOOH溶液中的循环伏安结果表明,Pt-Pd/PAANI/C电极在酸性溶液中电催化氧化甲酸的性能明显优于直接电沉积的Pt-Pd/C电极,且表现出较高的稳定性.     

差分脉冲伏安法同时检测硝苯地平和尼群地平

采用绿色环保的还原剂聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵,制备石墨烯(GR)/聚二烯丙基二甲基氯化铵(PD-DA)/铂纳米粒子(PtNPs)复合材料,在此基础上制备了GR/PDDA/PtNPs复合修饰电极,并采用透射电镜、电化学等方法对GR/PDDA/PtNPs进行表征.以pH=8.5的B.R缓冲溶液为支持电解质,采用循环伏安法研究...     

Single‐Molecule Nanocatalysis Shows In Situ Deactivation of Pt/C Electrocatalysts during the Hydrogen‐Oxidation Reaction

By coupling a Pt‐catalyzed fluorogenic reaction with the Pt‐electrocatalyzed hydrogen‐oxidation reaction (HOR), we combine single‐molecule fluorescence microscopy with traditional electrochemical methods to study the real‐time deactivation kinetics of a Pt/C electrocatalyst at single‐particle level during electrocatalytic hydrogen‐oxidation reaction. The decay of the catalytic performance of Pt/C could be mainly attributed to the electrocatalysis‐induced etching or dissolution of Pt nanoparticles. Spontaneous regeneration of activity and incubation period of the Pt electrocatalyst were also observed at single‐particle level. All these new insights are practically useful for the understanding and rational design of highly efficient electrocatalysts for application in fuel cells.     

A Bifunctional Hybrid Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution: Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles Strongly Coupled to B,N‐Decorated Graphene

The electrocatalyzed oxygen reduction and evolution reactions (ORR and OER, respectively) are the core components of many energy conversion systems, including water splitting, fuel cells, and metal–air batteries. Rational design of highly efficient non‐noble materials as bifunctional ORR/OER electrocatalysts is of great importance for large‐scale practical applications. A new strongly coupled hybrid material is presented, which comprises CoO_x nanoparticles rich in oxygen vacancies grown on B,N‐decorated graphene (CoO_x NPs/BNG) and operates as an efficient bifunctional OER/ORR electrocatalyst. Advanced spectroscopic techniques were used to confirm formation of abundant oxygen vacancies and strong Co−N−C bridging bonds within the CoO_x NPs/BNG hybrid. Surprisingly, the CoO_x NPs/BNG hybrid electrocatalyst is highly efficient for the OER with a low overpotential and Tafel slope, and is active in the ORR with a positive half‐wave potential and high limiting current density in alkaline medium.     

碳电极上电沉积的Ni-MgO纳米复合物催化甲醇和乙醇电氧化反应

在细小MgO增强颗粒的存在下,采用电沉积法在碳阳极上经瓦特镍制得Ni–MgO纳米复合物,考察了它在碱性介质中电催化氧化甲醇和乙醇反应性能,并与碳涂覆的纯Ni催化剂(Ni/C)性能进行了比较。运用能量散射谱、X射线衍射和扫描电镜分别表征了沉积的纳米复合物的化学组成、相结构和表面形貌,并采用循环伏安法(CV)、计时电流法和电化学阻抗谱(EIS)等电化学技术考察了所制电催化剂阳极的催化活性。结果表明, Ni/C催化剂在电氧化反应中表现出很低的催化活性和稳定性,而MgO的引入显著增加了Ni催化剂在醇氧化反应中的催化活性和抗中毒性能。 EIS和CV结果证实Ni–MgO/C纳米复合物电极具有比Ni/C更低的电荷转移阻力和更高的抗中毒性能。     

Hierarchically Structured Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion

Hierarchical nanomaterials are highly suitable as electrocatalysts and electrocatalyst supports in electrochemical energy conversion devices. The intrinsic kinetics of an electrocatalyst are associated with the nanostructure of the active phase and the support, while the overall properties are also affected by the mesostructure. Therefore, both structures need to be controlled. A comparative state‐of‐the‐art review of catalysts and supports is provided along with detailed synthesis methods. To further improve the design of these hierarchical nanomaterials, in‐depth research on the effect of materials architecture on reaction and transport kinetics is necessary. Inspiration can be derived from nature, which is full of very effective hierarchical structures. Developing fundamental understanding of how desired properties of biological systems are related to their hierarchical architecture can guide the development of novel catalytic nanomaterials and nature‐inspired electrochemical devices.     

Bioreduction of Precious Metals by Microorganism: Efficient Gold@N‐Doped Carbon Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

The uptake of precious metals from electronic waste is of environmental significance and potential commercial value. A facile bioreductive synthesis is described for Au nanoparticles (ca. 20 nm) supported on N‐doped carbon (Au@NC), which was derived from Au/Pycnoporus sanguineus cells. The interface and charge transport between Au and N‐doped carbon were confirmed by HRTEM and XPS. Au@NC was employed as an electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), exhibiting a small onset potential of ?54.1 mV (vs. RHE), a Tafel slope of 76.8 mV dec^?1, as well as robust stability in acidic medium. Au@NC is a multifunctional electrocatalyst, which demonstrates high catalytic activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), as evidenced by an onset potential of +0.97 V, excellent tolerance toward methanol, and long‐term stability. This work exemplifies dual recovery of precious Au and fabrication of multifunctional electrocatalysts in an environmentally benign and application‐oriented manner.     

Kinetic approach for the purification of nucleotides with magnetic separation

The isolation of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide is of great importance since it is widely used in different scientific and technologic fields such as biofuel cells, sensor technology, and hydrogen production. In order to isolate β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, first 3‐aminophenyboronic acid functionalized magnetic nanoparticles were prepared to serve as a magnetic solid support and subsequently they were used for reversible adsorption/desorption of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide in a batch fashion. The loading capacity of the 3‐aminophenyboronic acid functionalized nanoparticles for β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide adsorption was 13.0 μmol/g. Adsorption kinetic and isotherm studies showed that the adsorption process followed a pseudo‐second‐order kinetic model and the experimental data can be represented using Langmuir isotherm model. The 3‐aminophenyboronic acid functionalized magnetic nanoparticles were proposed as an alternative support for the β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide purification. The results elucidated the significance of magnetic separation as a fast, relatively simple, and low‐cost technique. Furthermore, the magnetic supports can be reused at least five times for purification processes.     

Highly Dense Isolated Metal Atom Catalytic Sites: Dynamic Formation and In Situ Observations

Atomically dispersed noble‐metal catalysts with highly dense active sites are promising materials with which to maximise metal efficiency and to enhance catalytic performance; however, their fabrication remains challenging because metal atoms are prone to sintering, especially at a high metal loading. A dynamic process of formation of isolated metal atom catalytic sites on the surface of the support, which was achieved starting from silver nanoparticles by using a thermal surface‐mediated diffusion method, was observed directly by using in situ electron microscopy and in situ synchrotron X‐ray diffraction. A combination of electron microscopy images with X‐ray absorption spectra demonstrated that the silver atoms were anchored on five‐fold oxygen‐terminated cavities on the surface of the support to form highly dense isolated metal active sites, leading to excellent reactivity in catalytic oxidation at low temperature. This work provides a general strategy for designing atomically dispersed noble‐metal catalysts with highly dense active sites.     

Reactive Template Synthesis of Polypyrrole Nanotubes for Fabricating Metal/Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites

Unique nanocomposites of polypyrrole/Au and polypyrrole/Pt hybrid nanotubes are synthesized employing polypyrrole (PPy) nanotubes as an advanced support by solution reduction. The conducting polymer PPy nanotubes are fabricated by using pre‐prepared MnO₂ nanowires as the reactive templates. MnO₂ nanowires induce the 1D polymerization of pyrrole monomers and the simultaneous dissolution of the templates affords the hollow tube‐like structure. The loading content of metal nanoparticles in the nanocomposites could be adjusted by simply changing the amount of metal precursors. This work provides an efficient approach to fabricate an important kind of metal/conducting polymer hybrid nanotubes that are potentially useful for electrocatalyst and sensor materials.     

Supported Ionic Liquids: A Versatile and Useful Class of Materials

Supported ionic liquids (SILs) represent a class of materials with peculiar properties and a huge potential regarding their possible applications in different fields of chemistry. Herein, we report our ongoing research about the use of SILs as support for organocatalysts, their role as catalysts themselves, and their application as support and stabilizers of palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs). The use of SILs based materials allowed achieving good results. Moreover, in some cases, after the functionalization of the catalytic species with an ion‐tag moiety, a release and catch approach was employed in order to improve the catalytic activity and to facilitate the recovery of the hybrid system formed by the catalyst adsorbed onto SILs materials. All the reported examples demonstrate the versatility of such SILs materials, which can represent powerful tools able to exert a large number of functions.     

以金属有机骨架为前驱体的高活性氧还原非贵金属催化剂制备

The development of a non‐precious metal electrocatalyst (NPME) with a performance superior to commercial Pt/C for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is important for the commercialization of fuel cells. We report the synthesis of a NPME by heat‐treating Co‐based metal organic frameworks (ZIF‐67) with a small average size of 44 nm. The electrocatalyst pyrolyzed at 600 °C showed the best performance and the performance was enhanced when it was supported on BP 2000. The resulting electrocatalyst was composed of 10 nm Co nanoparticles coated by 3–12 layers of N doped graphite layers which as a whole was embedded in a carbon matrix. The ORR performance of the electrocatalyst was tested by rotating disk electrode tests in O2‐saturated 0.1 mol/L KOH under ambient conditions. The electrocatalyst (1.0 mg/cm2) showed an onset potential of 1.017 V (vs. RHE) and a half‐wave potential of 0.857 V (vs. RHE), which showed it was as good as the commer‐cial Pt/C (20μgPt/cm2). Furthermore, the electrocatalyst possessed much better stability and re‐sistance to methanol crossover than Pt/C.