Preparation of Nonprecious Metal Electrocatalysts for the Reduction of Oxygen Using a Low-Temperature Sacrificial Metal

Al-Zoubi, Talha; Zhou, Yu; Yin, Xi; Janicek, Blanka; Sun, Chengjun; Schulz, Charles E.; Zhang, Xiaohui; Gewirth, Andrew A.; Huang, Pinshane; Zelenay, Piotr; Yang, Hong

doi:10.1021/jacs.9b11061

Preparation of Nonprecious Metal Electrocatalysts for the Reduction of Oxygen Using a Low-Temperature Sacrificial Metal

Journal Article · Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11061· OSTI ID:1632829

Al-Zoubi, Talha ^[1]; Zhou, Yu ^[1]; ^[2]; Janicek, Blanka ^[1]; Sun, Chengjun ^[3]; Schulz, Charles E. ^[4]; Zhang, Xiaohui ^[5]; ^[1]; ^[1]; Zelenay, Piotr ^[2]; ^[1]

Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Knox College, Galesburg, IL (United States)
CRRC Industrial Academy Co., Ltd, Fengtai, Beijing (China)

Non-platinum group metal (non-PGM) electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are generally composed of iron, nitrogen, and carbon synthesized through high-temperature pyrolysis. Among the various types of precursors, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF)-8 in particular, have often been used in the synthesis. The pyrolysis of ZIF-8 precursor relies on the use of Zn as a sacrificial metal (SM), and the optimal processing temperatures often exceed 1000 degrees C to generate active non-PGM catalysts. The high pyrolysis temperature tends to result in heterogeneous active moieties ranging from Fe single atoms to nanoparticles. In this study, we present the synthesis of non-PGM catalysts using Cd as the sacrificial metal instead of Zn. By using Cd, we were able to generate active non-PGM electrocatalysts from the MOF precursors at a low pyrolysis temperature of 750 degrees C, which helps preserve the single atomic iron active sites.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1632829

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 142; ISSN 0002-7863

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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