• 文献标题:   Graphene wrapped Fe7C3 nanoparticles supported on N-doped graphene nanosheets for efficient and highly methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WEN GL, NIU HJ, WANG AJ, YIN ZZ, ZHANG QL, FENG JJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, iron carbide nanoparticle, pyrolysi, oxygen reduction reaction, nonprecious catalyst, methanol resistance
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COLLOID INTERFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0021-9797 EI 1095-7103
  • 通讯作者地址:   Zhejiang Normal Univ
  • 被引频次:   20
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.064
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Green and efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are prepared to meet the increasing demand for clean, secure and sustainable energy. Herein, we report a novel and environmentally friendly strategy for synthesis of graphene-wrapped iron carbide (Fe7C3) nanoparticles supported on hierarchical fibrous N-doped graphene with open-mesoporous structures (Fe7C3/NG) by simply annealing the mixture of melamine, iron (II) phthalocyanine (FePc) and Fe2O3. The effects of the pyrolysis temperature and the molar ratio of FePc to melamine were critically examined in the controls. Remarkably, the Fe7C3/NG obtained at 800 degrees C (i.e. Fe7C3/NG-800) manifested the forward shifts in the onset potential (0.98 V) and half-wave potential (0.85 V) with respective to commercial Pt/C (50 wt%) in 0.1 M KOH, coupled with the great enhancement in the durability (still remained 92.11% of its initial current density even after 40,000 s) and strong methanol tolerance. This research presents a promising strategy for developing Pt-free non-precious efficient ORR electrocatalysts in fuel cells. (C) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.