Carbon nanobowls supported chemical functionalized PtRh nanocrystals: A highly active and methanol tolerant electrocatalyst towards oxygen reduction reaction

Author(s):  
Ze-Nong Zhang ◽  
Boqiang Miao ◽  
Wu Zhu-Qing ◽  
Pei Chen ◽  
Xue Xiao ◽  
...  

The cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is a key half-reaction for the direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Enhancing the electroactivity and selectivity of cathodic Pt-based ORR electrocatalysts is pivotal for...

ChemSusChem ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 1986-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sebastián ◽  
Alexey Serov ◽  
Kateryna Artyushkova ◽  
Jonathan Gordon ◽  
Plamen Atanassov ◽  
...  

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 8678-8687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Fang ◽  
Yonghui Wang ◽  
Fen Wang ◽  
Chengyong Shu ◽  
Jianfeng Zhu ◽  
...  

Heterojunction interfaces and synergistic effect between Fe2O3 and Mn2O3 play a key role in Fe2O3/Mn2O3-catalyzed ORR.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 5050-5060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Bin Yousaf ◽  
John R. Monnier ◽  
John W. Weidner ◽  
Mohammad K. Hassan ◽  
Syed Javaid Zaidi ◽  
...  

The economical cost of the catalyst material has remained a challenging task in traditional fuel cells (FCs) and in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs).


Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Mazzapioda ◽  
Carmelo Lo Vecchio ◽  
Antonino Salvatore Aricò ◽  
Maria Assunta Navarra ◽  
Vincenzo Baglio

A non-stoichiometric calcium titanate CaTiO3-δ (CTO) was synthesized and used as oxygen reduction reaction co-catalyst (together with Pt/C) in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). A membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), equipped with a composite cathode formulation (Pt/C:CTO1:1), was investigated in DMFC, using a 2 M methanol solution at the anode and oxygen at the cathode, and compared with an MEA equipped with a benchmark Pt/C cathode catalyst. It appears that the presence of the CTO additive promotes the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) due to the presence of oxygen vacancies as available active sites for oxygen adsorption in the lattice. The increase in power density obtained with the CTO-based electrode, compared with the benchmark Pt/C, was more than 40% at 90 °C, reaching a maximum power density close to 120 mW cm−2, which is one of the highest values reported in the literature under similar operating conditions.


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