A General Strategy to Synthesize Ultrathin Palladium/Transition Metal Alloy Nanowires: Anti-Poisoned Electrocatalytic Performance for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic and Alkaline Media

Author(s):  
Hassan Ali ◽  
Haifeng Lin ◽  
Qichen Lu ◽  
Xun Wang
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 843-852
Author(s):  
Hunan Jiang ◽  
Jinyang Li ◽  
Mengni Liang ◽  
Hanpeng Deng ◽  
Zuowan Zhou

AbstractAlthough Fe–N/C catalysts have received increasing attention in recent years for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), it is still challenging to precisely control the active sites during the preparation. Herein, we report FexN@RGO catalysts with the size of 2–6 nm derived from the pyrolysis of graphene oxide and 1,1′-diacetylferrocene as C and Fe precursors under the NH3/Ar atmosphere as N source. The 1,1′-diacetylferrocene transforms to Fe3O4 at 600°C and transforms to Fe3N and Fe2N at 700°C and 800°C, respectively. The as-prepared FexN@RGO catalysts exhibited superior electrocatalytic activities in acidic and alkaline media compared with the commercial 10% Pt/C, in terms of electrochemical surface area, onset potential, half-wave potential, number of electrons transferred, kinetic current density, and exchange current density. In addition, the stability of FGN-8 also outperformed commercial 10% Pt/C after 10000 cycles, which demonstrates the as-prepared FexN@RGO as durable and active ORR catalysts in acidic media.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 4868-4878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lili Huo ◽  
Baocang Liu ◽  
Geng Zhang ◽  
Rui Si ◽  
Jian Liu ◽  
...  

2D Layered meso-M/N-C/N-G nanocomposites with high specific surface area, homogeneous distribution of ultra-small M-N-C nanoparticles less than 5 nm, and mesopores with a size of ∼3.6 nm exhibit excellent electrocatalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in acidic and alkaline media.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 956-967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana M Gómez-Marín ◽  
Ruben Rizo ◽  
Juan M Feliu

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a pivotal process in electrochemistry. Unfortunately, after decades of intensive research, a fundamental knowledge about its reaction mechanism is still lacking. In this paper, a global and critical view on the most important experimental and theoretical results regarding the ORR on Pt(111) and its vicinal surfaces, in both acidic and alkaline media, is taken. Phenomena such as the ORR surface structure sensitivity and the lack of a reduction current at high potentials are discussed in the light of the surface oxidation and disordering processes and the possible relevance of the hydrogen peroxide reduction and oxidation reactions in the ORR mechanism. The necessity to build precise and realistic reaction models, which are deducted from reliable experimental results that need to be carefully taken under strict working conditions is shown. Therefore, progress in the understanding of this important reaction on a molecular level, and the choice of the right approach for the design of the electrocatalysts for fuel-cell cathodes is only possible through a cooperative approach between theory and experiments.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (32) ◽  
pp. 16801-16809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlong Tian ◽  
Junming Luo ◽  
Haoxiong Nan ◽  
Zhiyong Fu ◽  
Jianhuang Zeng ◽  
...  

Binary transition metal nitrides demonstrate high activity and stability/durability for the oxygen reduction reaction in both acid and alkaline media.


2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (24) ◽  
pp. 3946-3952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Zhang ◽  
Chi Chen ◽  
Jiao Dong ◽  
Rui‐Xiang Wang ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (45) ◽  
pp. 22723-22729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwu Liu ◽  
Xin Fu ◽  
Xianyong Wei ◽  
Feng Peng

Nitrogen and sulfur-codoped carbon nanotubes were synthesized with coal tar as nitrogen and sulfur precursors by employing the evocating agent of dicyandiamide. Resultant samples exhibited superior activities for the oxygen reduction reaction in both acidic and alkaline media.


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