Citation: Lingzheng Gu, Luhua Jiang, Xuning Li, Jutao Jin, Junhu Wang, Gongquan Sun. A Fe-N-C catalyst with highly dispersed iron in carbon for oxygen reduction reaction and its application in direct methanol fuel cells[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, ;2016, 37(4): 539-548. doi: 10.1016/S1872-2067(15)61049-X shu

A Fe-N-C catalyst with highly dispersed iron in carbon for oxygen reduction reaction and its application in direct methanol fuel cells

Lingzheng Gu ^a,c ,
Luhua Jiang ^a,, ,
Xuning Li ^b,c ,
Jutao Jin ^a ,
Junhu Wang ^b ,
Gongquan Sun ^a,,

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a Division of Fuel Cell & Battery, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
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b Mössbauer Effect Data Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China;
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c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: Luhua Jiang, Gongquan Sun,
Received Date: 7 January 2016
Available Online: 29 January 2016
Fund Project: 中国科学院"战略性先导科技专项"(XDA09030104) (XDA09030104) 国家重点基础研究发展计划(973计划, 2012CB215500) (973计划, 2012CB215500) 国家自然科学基金(21576258, 50823008). (21576258, 50823008)

Exploring non-precious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for fuel cells and metal-air batteries. Herein, we report a Fe-N-C catalyst possessing a high specific surface area (1501 m²/g) and uniformly dispersed iron within a carbon matrix prepared via a two-step pyrolysis process. The Fe-N-C catalyst exhibits excellent ORR activity in 0.1 mol/L NaOH electrolyte (onset potential, E_o = 1.08 V and half wave potential, E_1/2 = 0.88 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode) and 0.1 mol/L HClO₄ electrolyte (E_o = 0.85 V and E_1/2 = 0.75 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode). The direct methanol fuel cells employing Fe-N-C as the cathodic catalyst displayed promising performance with a maximum power density of 33 mW/cm² in alkaline media and 47 mW/cm² in acidic media. The detailed investigation on the composition-structure- performance relationship by X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Mössbauer spectroscopy suggests that Fe-N₄, together with graphitic-N and pyridinic-N are the active ORR components. The promising direct methanol fuel cell performance displayed by the Fe-N-C catalyst is related to the intrinsic high catalytic activity, and critically for this application, to the high methanol tolerance.
- Highly dispersed iron,
- Microporous carbon,
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Direct methanol fuel cell
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