Rotating Ring‐Disc Electrode Method: Dissecting Oxygen Reduction Reaction Through a Different Lens

Two types of oxide nanosheet-based materials, a H3O+-exchanged layered titanate and restacked titania nanosheets (H3O+-RE) were synthesized by soft chemical methods, and their oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities were examined by semi-steady-state voltammetry with a rotating ring-disc electrode at 70°C in 0.05 M H2SO4. Both samples showed similar onset potentials of the ORR, ~ 0.50 vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, while the efficiencies (Eff4) of the 4-electron reduction of oxygen depended on their nanostructures, i.e. the stacking morphology of nanosheets, specific surface area and kinds of cation between the nanosheets. Both H3O+-form samples showed high Eff4 values are compared with Cs+-form layered titanate.and the H+-form restacked titania nanosheets. This reveals that the H3O+ions and the number of the active sites for ORR are related to the ORR activity. The H3O+-RE exhibited the best Eff4 value (> 90%), which is comparable to that of a conventional 20 mass% Pt/C catalyst.

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The Importance of Temperature and Potential Window in Stability Evaluation of Supported Pt-Based Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts in Thin Film Rotating Disc Electrode Setup

Journal of The Electrochemical Society ◽

10.1149/1945-7111/aba4e6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 167 (11) ◽

pp. 114506 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nik Maselj ◽

Matija Gatalo ◽

Francisco Ruiz-Zepeda ◽

Ambrož Kregar ◽

Primož Jovanovič ◽

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Keyword(s):

Thin Film ◽

Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Reduction Reaction ◽

Stability Evaluation ◽

Rotating Disc Electrode ◽

Disc Electrode ◽

Rotating Disc

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Electrocatalytic Studies of Oxygen Reduction by Lanthanum Barium Manganate

Defect and Diffusion Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/ddf.258-260.327 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 258-260 ◽

pp. 327-332 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Diogo M.F. Santos ◽

César A.C. Sequeira

Keyword(s):

Hydrogen Peroxide ◽

Cyclic Voltammetry ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Oxide Catalyst ◽

Reduction Reaction ◽

Disc Electrode ◽

Dissociative Chemisorption ◽

Electroreduction Of Oxygen ◽

Rotating Ring Disc Electrode ◽

Electrode Technique

The electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction by Lanthanum Barium Manganate, (La0.5Ba0.5MnO3) (LBM) has been studied by cyclic voltammetry using the rotating ring-disc electrode technique (RRDE) in alkaline medium. From the ring-disc data and other kinetic parameters it has been assumed that the oxygen reduction occurs by dissociative chemisorption at low overpotentials. At higher overpotentials, the formation of hydrogen peroxide (HO2 - in this case) has been observed on this electrocatalyst. The apparent exchange current density value for oxygen reduction on LBM has been found to be 4 x 10-8 Acm-2, while the corresponding Tafel slope is 0.115 V per decade. The possible reaction mechanism for electroreduction of oxygen on this oxide catalyst has been discussed.

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Dimethylglyoxime Clathrate as Ligand Derived Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Supported Nano-Metal Particles as Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Nanomaterials ◽

10.3390/nano11051329 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1329

Author(s):

Luping Xu ◽

Zhongqin Guo ◽

Hanyu Jiang ◽

Siyu Xu ◽

Juanli Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Reduction Reaction ◽

Nano Particles ◽

Disc Electrode ◽

Nitrogen Doped ◽

Nitrogen Doped Carbon ◽

Metal Nano Particles ◽

Supported Metal

Nitrogen-doped carbon-supported metal nano-particles show great promise as high-performance catalysts for novel energies, organic synthesis, environmental protection, and other fields. The synergistic effect between nitrogen-doped carbon and metal nano-particles enhances the catalytic properties. Thus, how to effectively combine nitrogen-doped carbon with metal nano-particles is a crucial factor for the synthesis of novel catalysts. In this paper, we report on a facile method to prepare nitrogen-doped carbon-supported metal nano-particles by using dimethylgly-oxime as ligand. The nano-particles of Pd, Ni, Cu, and Fe were successfully prepared by the pyrolysis of the corresponding clathrate of ions and dimethylglyoxime. The ligand of dimethylglyoxime is adopted as the source for the nitrogen-doped carbon. The nano-structure of the prepared Pd, Ni, Cu, and Fe particles are confirmed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and trans-mission electron microscopy tests. The catalytic performances of the obtained metal nano-particles for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are investigated by cyclic voltammetry, Tafel, linear sweeping voltammetry, rotating disc electrode, rotating ring disc electrode, and other technologies. Results show that the nitrogen-doped carbon-supported metal nano-particles can be highly efficient catalysts for ORR. The results of the paper exhibit a facile methodology to prepare nitrogen-doped carbon-supported metal nano-particles.

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Develop Novel Pt Monolayer Electrocatalysts to Facilitate Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) for PEM Fuel Cells

10.2172/1095905 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Radoslav Adzic ◽

Michael Furey

Keyword(s):

Fuel Cells ◽

Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Pem Fuel Cells ◽

Reduction Reaction

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N and S Co-doped Ordered Mesoporous Carbon: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

Current Nanoscience ◽

10.2174/1573413716666191231094731 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 625-638

Author(s):

Leila Samiee ◽

Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani

Keyword(s):

Oxygen Reduction Reaction ◽

Oxygen Reduction ◽

Microbial Fuel Cells ◽

Carbon Materials ◽

Reduction Reaction ◽

Carbon Substrate ◽

Promising Candidate ◽

X Ray ◽

Carbon Framework ◽

Co Doped

Background: Porous carbon materials are promising candidate supports for various applications. In a number of these applications, doping of the carbon framework with heteroatoms provides a facile route to readily tune the carbon properties. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), where the reaction can be catalyzed without precious metals is one of the common applications for the heteroatom-doped carbons. Therefore, heteroatom doped catalysts might have a promising potential as a cathode in Microbial fuel cells (MFCs). MFCs have a good potential to produce electricity from biological oxidization of wastes at the anode and chemical reduction at the cathode. To the best of our knowledge, no studies have been yet reported on utilizing Sulfur trioxide pyridine (STP) and CMK-3 for the preparation of (N and S) doped ordered porous carbon materials. The presence of highly ordered mesostructured and the synergistic effect of N and S atoms with specific structures enhance the oxygen adsorption due to improving the electrocatalytic activity. So the optimal catalyst, with significant stability and excellent tolerance of methanol crossover can be a promising candidate for even other storage and conversion devices. Methods: The physico-chemical properties of the prepared samples were determined by Small Angle X-ray Diffraction (SAXRD), N2 sorption-desorption, Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The prepared samples were further applied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and the optimal cathode was tested with the Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) system. Furthermore, according to structural analysis, The HRTEM, and SAXRD results confirmed the formation of well-ordered hexagonal (p6mm) arrays of mesopores in the direction of (100). The EDS and XPS approved that N and S were successfully doped into the CMK-3 carbon framework. Results: Among all the studied CMK-3 based catalysts, the catalyst prepared by STP precursor and pyrolysis at 900°C exhibited the highest ORR activity with the onset potential of 1.02 V vs. RHE and 4 electron transfer number per oxygen molecule in 0.1 M KOH. The high catalyst durability and fuel-crossover tolerance led to stable performance of the optimal cathode after 5000 s operation, while the Pt/C cathode-based was considerably degraded. Finally, the MFC system with the optimal cathode displayed 43.9 mW·m-2 peak power density showing even reasonable performance in comparison to a Pt/C 20 wt.%.cathode. Conclusions: The results revealed that the synergistic effect of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped on the carbon substrate structure leads to improvement in catalytic activity. Also, it was clearly observed that the porous structure and order level of the carbon substrate could considerably change the ORR performance.

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