碳载纳米非贵金属（Fe，Co，Ce，W）吡啶催化剂在碱性介质中的氧电化学还原.docVIP

  Electrochemical reduction of oxygen on nano-structured M (M = Fe, Co, Ce, W )Py/C in alkaline electrolyte? Qiao Jinli, Ding Lei, Xu Li, Dai Xianfeng 5 (College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, ShangHai 201620) Abstract: This work reports the preparation and characterization of novel non-precious metal catalysts metal catalysts supported on carbon, M (M = Fe, Co, Ce, W)Py/C, using a solvent-milling method followed by a heat-treatment at elevated temperature, where pyridine is used as the N-rich ligand for precursor complex formation. The morphology and composition of the catalysts were characterized by 10 15 Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra and thermal analysis (TGA). The catalytic activity on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was found to depend strongly on the heat-treatment temperatures and the metal pressures for catalyst synthesis. The resulting MPy/C of 40/60 ratio heat-treated at 800oC shows the best catalytic performance in terms of ORR and follows the order: Co Fe Ce W, where the catalyst composed of Co10wt% -Py30wt%/C shows the highest electroactivity for ORR in alkaline media. Using Rotating disk electrode measurements and Koutechy-Levich analysis, the overall electron transfer number in the catalyzed ORR on Co10wt%-Py30wt%/C was found to be 3.8, suggesting the catalyzed ORR is a 4-electron transfer process from O2 to H2O. Keywords: Non-precious metal catalyst; nitrogen-dopping; oxygen reduction reaction; rotating disk electrode measurement; alkaline fuel cell 20 1 Introduction The alkaline fuel cell (AFC) is attractive due to its high efficiency, good performance and reliability. The most advantages of using alkaline media is high kinetics in electrocatalytic process and the improved materials stability afforded (1,2). Therefore, it can provide more choices for 25 30 35 40 suitable Pt alternatives, wich hinders the wide commercialization of fuel cell technologies due to the high cost of Pt (3). Since