scholarly journals Degradation and regeneration of Fe-Nx active sites for oxygen reduction reaction: the role of surface oxidation, Fe demetallation and local carbon microporosity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongsheng Xia ◽  
Chenchen Yu ◽  
Yinghao Zhao ◽  
Yinping Wei ◽  
Haiyan Wu ◽  
...  

The severe degradation of Fe-N-C electrocatalysts during long-term oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has become a major obstacle for application in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Understanding the degradation mechanism and regeneration...

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (66) ◽  
pp. 37600-37605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Yasuda ◽  
Yosuke Uchibori ◽  
Makoto Wakeshima ◽  
Yukio Hinatsu ◽  
Hiroaki Ogawa ◽  
...  

Controlling the formation of Fe–N–C catalytic sites is crucial to activate the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for realization of non-precious electrocatalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs).


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (45) ◽  
pp. 26147-26153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongcheng Li ◽  
Xiaofang Liu ◽  
Lirong Zheng ◽  
Jiaxiang Shang ◽  
Xin Wan ◽  
...  

The active sites of Fe–N–C catalysts are nitrogen coordinated iron atoms, FeNx(x = 1–5), that have five possible coordination numbers, corresponding to different ORR activities and PEMFC performances.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xieweiyi Ye ◽  
Yakun Xue ◽  
Kaijia Li ◽  
Wen Tang ◽  
Xiao Han ◽  
...  

Improving the activity and durability of Pt-based electrocatalysts used in the acidic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a great task for the commercial applications of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Alloying...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Qingjun Chen ◽  
Jinghua Yu ◽  
Qian Zhou ◽  
Fanghui Wang ◽  
...  

The corrosion of carbon support is one of key factors causing deactivation of Pt-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In this work, a highly...


Nanoscale ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2542-2554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohanraju Karuppannan ◽  
Ji Eun Park ◽  
Hyo Eun Bae ◽  
Yong-Hun Cho ◽  
Oh Joong Kwon

Nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulated non-noble metals are promising electrocatalytic alternatives to Pt for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).


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