Citation: Min Zhang, Bolong Yang, Ting Yang, Yahui Yang, Zhonghua Xiang. A ferric citrate derived Fe-N-C electrocatalyst with stepwise pyrolysis for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(1): 362-367. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.06.054 shu

A ferric citrate derived Fe-N-C electrocatalyst with stepwise pyrolysis for highly efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Min Zhang ^a ,
Bolong Yang ^a ,
Ting Yang ^{b, *,} ,
Yahui Yang ^{b, *,} ,
Zhonghua Xiang ^{a, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
b.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China

297902195@qq.com

yangyahui2002@sina.com

xiangzh@mail.buct.edu.cn

Received Date: 21 May 2021
Revised Date: 16 June 2021
Accepted Date: 21 June 2021
Available Online: 30 June 2021

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Unremitting and intensive researches about efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts are necessary for large-scale commercial applications of fuel cells, while iron and nitrogen co-doped carbon (Fe-N-C) materials has become one of the most promising electrocatalysts to replace Pt-based noble metal catalysts. However, the traditional Fe-doped ZIF with rhomb dodecahedron morphology limits the exposure of active sites and the utilization of atoms, even affecting the performance of the catalyst. Herein, a Fe/N co-doped catalyst with a flower-like morphology was prepared using ferric citrate source along with secondary NH₃ heat treatment. The optimal catalyst (termed as 4Fe_citrate-N-C-3) showed distinguished oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity with a half-wave potential of 0.8 and 0.9 V (vs. RHE) in acid and alkaline media, respectively. In addition, 4Fe_citrate-N-C-3 maintained more than 80% of original activity even after 50,000 s which is superior to the benchmark Pt/C. The strategy of controlling morphology and composition is meaningful for the optimization of non-precious metal electrocatalysts for ORR in fuel cells or metal-air batteries.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Non-precious metal electrocatalysts,
- Fuel cell,
- ZIF-8, NH₃ activation
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