• 文献标题:   Transition-Metal and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Composites as Cathode Catalysts for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LILLOJA J, KIBENAPOLDSEPP E, SARAPUU A, KONOVALOVA A, KAARIK M, KOZLOVA J, PAISTE P, KIKAS A, TRESHCHALOV A, ARUVALI J, ZITOLO A, LEIS J, TAMM A, KISAND V, HOLDCROFT S, TAMMEVESKI K
  • 作者关键词:   alkaline membrane fuel cell, carbon nanotube, electrocatalysi, graphene, nitrogen doping, nonprecious metal catalyst, oxygen reduction
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED ENERGY MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2574-0962
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsaem.3c00613 EA MAY 2023
  • 出版年:   2023

▎ 摘  要

Transition-metal and nitrogen-doped graphene-like material and carbon nanotube (M-N-Gra/CNT) composites are prepared, characterized, and used as cathode catalysts in anionexchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). Melamine as a nitrogen source and cheap iron and cobalt salts as metal precursors are used for doping via high-temperature pyrolysis. The success of doping is proven by several physicochemical analysis methods, and the catalyst materials possess rather similar textural properties. The initial assessment of the oxygen reduction reaction activity using the rotating disk electrode method shows that Fe-N-Gra/CNT, Co-N-Gra/CNT, and CoFe-N-Gra/CNT materials have very similar electrocatalytic performances in alkaline media as well as excellent short-term stability but a different yield of HO2- formation. The M-N-Gra/CNT materials as cathode catalysts together with the Aemion+ reinforced anion-exchange membrane exhibit very good AEMFC performance, especially CoFe-N-Gra/CNT, comparable to that of Pt/C, reaching a peak power density of 638 mW cm(-2). Such an excellent fuel cell performance of the M-N-Gra/CNT catalyst materials is attributed to the presence of M-Nx sites, carbon-encapsulated transition-metal nanoparticles, and feasible nitrogen-containing moieties.