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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2022.60.1.151

Effect of Nitrogen Precursors in Non-precious Metal Catalysts on Activity for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction  

Yoon, Ho Seok (School of Food Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Hankyong National University)
Jung, Won Suk (School of Food Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Hankyong National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.60, no.1, 2022 , pp. 151-158 More about this Journal
Abstract
Iron and nitrogen coordinated carbon catalyst (Fe-N-C) is the most promising non-precious metal catalyst (NPMC) studied to alternate the Pt-group oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst. In this work, Fe/N/C type catalysts are prepared by four different nitrogen precursors; N, N, N', N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA), 1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA), m-dicyanobenzene (DCB), dicyandiamide (DCDA) which can chelate a transition metal; In addition, the catalysts conducted the pyrolysis process at four different temperatures of 700, 800, 900, 1000 ℃ to investigate the ORR activities depend on pyrolysis temperature and to find an appropriate temperature. The characterizations of catalysts were investigated by scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (SEM-EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and element analysis (EA). The electrocatalytic activity was measured by ORR polarization, also the electron transfer number was calculated from the slope of the K-L plot. The FeNC-EDA-800 which were prepared at pyrolysis temperature of 800 ℃ with EDA showed better ORR activity than the other catalysts.
Keywords
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells; Oxygen reduction reaction; Non-precious metal; catalysts; nitrogen sources;
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