scholarly journals Effect of iron-carbide formation on the number of active sites in Fe–N–C catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in acidic media

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 2663-2670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike I. Kramm ◽  
Iris Herrmann-Geppert ◽  
Sebastian Fiechter ◽  
Gerald Zehl ◽  
Ivo Zizak ◽  
...  

This work presents two strategies on how the disintegration of FeN4 sites by iron carbide formation can be avoided.

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.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuharu Chisaka ◽  
Hiroyuki Morioka

Phosphor and nitrogen atoms were co-doped into rutile TiO2 phase on TiN to produce new active sites for oxygen reduction reaction.


ACS Catalysis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 7249-7259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Mamtani ◽  
Deeksha Jain ◽  
Dmitry Zemlyanov ◽  
Gokhan Celik ◽  
Jennifer Luthman ◽  
...  

ACS Catalysis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3454-3462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepika Singh ◽  
Kuldeep Mamtani ◽  
Christopher R. Bruening ◽  
Jeffrey T. Miller ◽  
Umit S. Ozkan

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