Fe,Cu-codoped metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts with high selectivity and stability for the oxygen reduction reaction |
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Authors: | Yuemin Wang Ergui Luo Xian Wang Qinglei Meng Junjie Ge Changpeng Liu Wei Xing |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China; University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power Sources, Changchun 130022, China; State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China |
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Abstract: | Metal-nitrogen-carbon materials (M-N-C) are non-noble-metal-based alternatives to platinum-based catalysts and have attracted tremendous attention due to their low-cost, high abundance, and efficient catalytic performance towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Among them, Fe-based materials show remarkable ORR activity, but they are limited by low selectivity and low stability. To address these issues, herein, we have synthesized FeCu-based M-N-C catalysts, inspired by the bimetal center of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO). In acidic media, the selectivity was notably improved compared with Fe-based materials, with peroxide yields less than 1.2% (<1/3 of the hydrogen peroxide yields of Fe-N-C catalysts). In addition to Cu-N-C catalysts which can catalytically reduce hydrogen peroxide, the reduction current of hydrogen peroxide using FeCu-N-C-20 exceeded that of Fe-N-C by about 6% when the potential was greater than 0.4 V. Furthermore, FeCu-based M-N-C catalysts suffered from only a 15 mV attenuation in their half-wave potentials after 10,000 cycles of accelerated degradation tests (ADT), while there was a 30 mV negative shift for Fe-N-C. Therefore, we propose that the H2O2 released from Fe-Nx sites or N-doped carbon sites would be reduced by adjacent Cu-Nx sites, resulting in low H2O2 yields and high stability. |
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Keywords: | Fuel cell Oxygen reduction reaction Fe Cu-codoped metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts High selectivity High stability |
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