Hyperporous-Carbon-Supported Nonprecious Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Tian-Long Zhai; Cuijuan Xuan; Jincheng Xu; Li Ban; Zhiming Cheng; Shaolei Wang; Deli Wang; Bien Tan; Chun Zhang

doi:10.1002/asia.201800747

Hyperporous-Carbon-Supported Nonprecious Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Chem Asian J. 2018 Sep 17;13(18):2671-2676. doi: 10.1002/asia.201800747. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Authors

Tian-Long Zhai¹, Cuijuan Xuan², Jincheng Xu³, Li Ban¹, Zhiming Cheng³, Shaolei Wang², Deli Wang², Bien Tan², Chun Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, Wuhan, 430074, China.
² School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China.
³ Henan Chilwee Genshore Power Co., Ltd., Qingyang, 454550, China.

PMID: 29923684
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800747

Abstract

Highly porous carbonaceous nonprecious metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction are prepared by carbonization of low-cost metalloporphyrin-based hyper-crosslinked polymers (MPH-X). With high surface area (2768 m² g^-1 ), hierarchical porous structure, and high metal loading (9.97 wt %), the obtained hyperporous carbon MPH-Fe/C catalyst exhibits high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity with a half-wave potential (0.816 V) that is comparable to the 0.819 V of commercial Pt/C. Stability tests reveal that MPH-Fe/C also exhibits outstanding long-term durability and methanol tolerance. Our findings may offer an alternative approach to produce nonprecious metal ORR catalysts on a large scale owing to the low-cost MPH-X precursors with diverse metal types.

Keywords: electrocatalysis; metalloporphyrins; microporous materials; oxygen reduction reaction; polymers.

Grants and funding

21672078/National Natural Science Foundation of China