Synthesis and characterization of non-precious metal binary catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Hui Juan Zhang; Xianxia Yuan; Liangliang Sun; Junhe Yang; Zi Feng Ma; Zongping Shao

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2012.06.011

Synthesis and characterization of non-precious metal binary catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Hui Juan Zhang, Xianxia Yuan, Liangliang Sun, Junhe Yang, Zi Feng Ma, Zongping Shao

College of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

A promising non-precious metal FeCoTETA/C catalyst has been easily synthesized, by chelating Fe and Co with triethylenetetramine (TETA) in ethanol followed by pyrolyzing in an Ar atmosphere, as electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The catalyst has been characterized with various physicochemical techniques as well as electrochemical analysis and single cell performance measurement. The results showed that nano-intermetallic FeCo particles and several types of N and O species are present on carbon matrix. The catalyst delivers better electrocatalytic activity toward ORR compared with CoTETA/C catalyst, the %H ₂O ₂ is about 10% with an electron-transfer number of around 3.8. The PEMFC with this catalyst in cathode reaches a maximum power density of 256 mW cm ^-2 and has a current density of 514 mA cm ^-2 at 500 mV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-329
Number of pages	6
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	77
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2012.06.011
State	Published - 30 Aug 2012

Keywords

FeCoTETA/C
Non-precious metal catalyst
Oxygen reduction reaction
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

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