• 文献标题:   Effect of Iron Loading on the Catalytic Activity of Fe/N-Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide Catalysts via Irradiation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RAHMAN KR, KOK KY, WONG WY, YANG H, LIM KL
  • 作者关键词:   alkaline electrolyte, gamma irradiation, kouteckylevich relationship, oxygen reduction reaction
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SCIENCESBASEL
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  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.3390/app11010205
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Featured Application: Fuel Cells. The aim of this study is to produce noble-metal-free oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst via irradiation. Gamma ray irradiation reduction has been utilized to produce N-doped reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-supported iron (Fe)-based catalysts, whose weight percent (wt.%) of Fe loading varies from 10% to 20%. In this study, the physicochemical properties of Fe/N-rGO with various loadings of Fe (10 wt.%, 15 wt.% and 20 wt.%) were explored through X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive spectroscopy (FESEM-EDS), Raman spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). XRD showed that a broad-peak nanocrystallite Fe2O3 phase formed. Raman spectroscopy revealed that Fe insertion increased the disordered GO structure. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) demonstrated that N was functionalized into rGO. FESEM-EDX presented that Fe nanoparticles existed on the wrinkled rGO surface but their amount was low. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) was performed with a rotating disk electrode in 0.1 M KOH at a scanning rate of 20 mVs(-1) and revolution rates of 400, 900 and 1600 rpm and the corresponding electron transfer numbers were investigated with a Koutecky-Levich model. This model indicated that the number of electron transfers of 20% Fe/N-rGO was above 2 and its performance toward ORR was higher than those of 10% Fe/N-rGO and 15% Fe/N-rGO.