Nano-structured non-platinum catalysts for automotive fuel cell application

Alexey Serov; Kateryna Artyushkova; Ellazar Niangar; Chunmei Wang; Nilesh Dale; Frederic Jaouen; Moulay Tahar Sougrati; Qingying Jia; Sanjeev Mukerjee; Plamen Atanassov

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.07.002

Nano-structured non-platinum catalysts for automotive fuel cell application

Alexey Serov, Kateryna Artyushkova, Ellazar Niangar, Chunmei Wang, Nilesh Dale, Frederic Jaouen, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, Qingying Jia, Sanjeev Mukerjee, Plamen Atanassov

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Abstract

A highly active and durable non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) electrocatalyst was synthesized at high temperature from a catalyst precursor involving a ferrous iron salt and a nitrogen-containing charge-transfer salt as a precursor to form a nano-structured catalyst with performance level that makes it suitable for automotive applications. Such precursors have not been previously investigated for non-PGM catalysts. The synthesized material belongs to the class of metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts and possesses an open-frame structure controlled by the silica-templating synthesis method. Thorough characterization using X-ray photoelectron, Mössbauer and in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopies demonstrates the successful formation of FeN_xC_y moieties that are active towards the oxygen reduction reaction. We report high kinetic current densities and high power performance in both rotating disk electrode and membrane electrode assembly studies. This Fe-N-C catalyst, jointly investigated by academic and industry partners, has shown high durability under different protocols, including that defined by the US Department of Energy Durability Working Group and Nissan[U+05F3]s load cycling protocol. In summary, the present Fe-N-C catalyst is highly active and durable, making it a viable alternative to Pt-based electrocatalysts for automobile fuel cell applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	293-300
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nano Energy
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.07.002
State	Published - Sep 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The data presented in the paper and the supplementary materials are being reported to DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Fuel Cell Technology Program, which funded this research as a contract to Northeastern University with Sanjeev Mukerjee as a PI. Use of the National Synchrotron Light Source (Beamline X3B), Brookhaven National Laboratory was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy , Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract no. DE-AC02-98CH10886 . This publication was made possible by the Center for Synchrotron Biosciences Grant, P30-EB-009998 , from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NBIB). A. Serov, synthesized all the materials and conducted the experiments at UNM and some of testing at NTCNA along with E. Niangar and C. Wang. K Artyushkova, Qingying Jia, F Jaouen and M.-T. Sougrati have performed the structural and spectroscopic characterization of the materials. P. Atanassov, N. Dale, and Sanjeev Mukerjee planned the experiments and elucidated the results with the rest of the team.

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Office of Science
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Fuel Cell Technologies Program
Basic Energy Sciences	DE-AC02-98CH10886, P30-EB-009998
Northeastern University

Keywords

Automobile
Fuel cell
MEA
Non-PGM catalyst
ORR
State-of-the-art

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