Fe-N-C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction synthesized by using aniline salt and Fe3+/H2O2 catalytic system

Saheed Bukola; Belabbes A. Merzougui; Akeem Akinpelu; Tahar Laoui; Mohamed N. Hedhili; Greg M. Swain; Minhua Shao

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2014.08.152

Fe-N-C electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction synthesized by using aniline salt and Fe3+/H2O2 catalytic system

Saheed Bukola, Belabbes A. Merzougui, Akeem Akinpelu, Tahar Laoui, Mohamed N. Hedhili, Greg M. Swain, Minhua Shao

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Abstract

Non-precious metal (NPM) catalysts are synthesized by polymerizing aniline salt using an aqueous Fe3+/H2O2 coupled catalytic system on a carbon matrix with a porous creating agent. The sulfur containing compunds such as ammonium peroxydisulfate, are eliminated in this method resulting in a much simpler process. The catalysts' porous structures are enhanced with ammonium carbonate as a sacrificial material that yields voids when decomposed during the heat treatment at 900 °C in N2 atmosphere. Two catalysts Fe-N-C/Vu and Fe-N-C/KB (Vu = Vulcan and KB = Ketjen black) were synthesized and characterized. Their oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities were investigated using a rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE) in both 0.1 M KOH and 0.1 M HClO4. The catalysts show improved ORR activities close to that of Pt-based catalysts, low H2O2 formation and also demonstrated a remarkable tolerance towards methanol oxidation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	809-818
Number of pages	10
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.08.152
State	Published - Nov 2014

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Acknowledgements: The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by KACST, through the Science & Technology Unit at KFUPM for funding this work through project No. 10-ENE-1375-04 as part of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP). M.S. acknowledges a startup fund from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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