The low activity and durability are still the critical barriers for non-precious metal electrocatalyst,mainly involving M-N/C(M=Fe,Co,Mn et al),applied in fuel cell.Constructing bimetallic sites has been explored as a...The low activity and durability are still the critical barriers for non-precious metal electrocatalyst,mainly involving M-N/C(M=Fe,Co,Mn et al),applied in fuel cell.Constructing bimetallic sites has been explored as an effective method to boost the performance of the catalyst for the synergistic effect between metal atoms.However,this synergistic effect is always suppressed in acidic conditions and results in unstable catalytic performance.Here we create novel fluorinated iron(Fe)and cobalt(Co)bimetallic nanoparticles distributed on nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers(CNFs)for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR).The fluorination strongly increased the charge density of the bimetallic catalyst and resulted in a remarkable catalytic performance with the half-wave potential of 804 m V in 0.1 M HCl O_(4)and 1.6 times power density improvement for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell device.Importantly,the chemical and mechanical robust CNFs support improved the electric conductivity and stability of bimetallic catalysts,which leads to an ultra-stable electrocatalyst.The fuel cell voltage can keep stable even after 110 h,instead of the continuingly decrease in the traditional M-N/C.展开更多
An environmentally friendly precursor, adenosine, has been used as a dual source of C and N to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst with/without Fe. A hydrothermal carbonization method has been used and water is ...An environmentally friendly precursor, adenosine, has been used as a dual source of C and N to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst with/without Fe. A hydrothermal carbonization method has been used and water is the carbonization media. The morphology of samples with/without Fe component has been compared by HRTEM, and the result shows that Fe can promote the graphitization of carbon. Further electro-chemical test shows that the oxygen reduction reaction（ORR） catalytic activity of Fe-containing sample（C–Fe N） is much higher than that of the Fe-free sample（C–N）. Additionally, the intermediates of C–Fe N formed during each synthetic procedure have been thoroughly characterized by multiple methods,and the function of each procedure has been discussed. The C–Fe N sample exhibits high electro-catalytic stability and superior electro-catalytic activity toward ORR in alkaline media, with its half-wave potential 20 mV lower than that of commercial Pt/C（40 wt%）. It is further incorporated into alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cell（APEFC） as the cathode material and led to a power density of 100 m W/cm;.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFA0210300)the NSF of China(21922802)+2 种基金the talent cultivation of State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Compositesthe‘‘Double-First-Class”construction projects(XK180301,XK1804-02)the Distinguished Scientist Program at BUCT(buctylkxj02)。
文摘The low activity and durability are still the critical barriers for non-precious metal electrocatalyst,mainly involving M-N/C(M=Fe,Co,Mn et al),applied in fuel cell.Constructing bimetallic sites has been explored as an effective method to boost the performance of the catalyst for the synergistic effect between metal atoms.However,this synergistic effect is always suppressed in acidic conditions and results in unstable catalytic performance.Here we create novel fluorinated iron(Fe)and cobalt(Co)bimetallic nanoparticles distributed on nitrogen-doped carbon nanofibers(CNFs)for oxygen reduction reaction(ORR).The fluorination strongly increased the charge density of the bimetallic catalyst and resulted in a remarkable catalytic performance with the half-wave potential of 804 m V in 0.1 M HCl O_(4)and 1.6 times power density improvement for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell device.Importantly,the chemical and mechanical robust CNFs support improved the electric conductivity and stability of bimetallic catalysts,which leads to an ultra-stable electrocatalyst.The fuel cell voltage can keep stable even after 110 h,instead of the continuingly decrease in the traditional M-N/C.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21573167,21633008,91545205,21125312)National Key Research and Development Program(2016YFB0101203)+2 种基金the National Basic Research Program(2012CB932800,2012CB215500)the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China(20110141130002)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2014203020207)
文摘An environmentally friendly precursor, adenosine, has been used as a dual source of C and N to synthesize nitrogen-doped carbon catalyst with/without Fe. A hydrothermal carbonization method has been used and water is the carbonization media. The morphology of samples with/without Fe component has been compared by HRTEM, and the result shows that Fe can promote the graphitization of carbon. Further electro-chemical test shows that the oxygen reduction reaction（ORR） catalytic activity of Fe-containing sample（C–Fe N） is much higher than that of the Fe-free sample（C–N）. Additionally, the intermediates of C–Fe N formed during each synthetic procedure have been thoroughly characterized by multiple methods,and the function of each procedure has been discussed. The C–Fe N sample exhibits high electro-catalytic stability and superior electro-catalytic activity toward ORR in alkaline media, with its half-wave potential 20 mV lower than that of commercial Pt/C（40 wt%）. It is further incorporated into alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cell（APEFC） as the cathode material and led to a power density of 100 m W/cm;.
