Conversion of Waste Tire Rubber into High-Value-Added Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysis
Abstract
Carbon supports are vital for a wide range of electrochemical reactions, yet the production of useful carbon supports largely relies on costly precursors and fabrication methods. Here, we present a new economical process to fabricate carbon-based supports for electrocatalysts using recycled tire rubber as the main feedstock. Using the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as an example, we deposited Pt nanocubes on tire-derived carbon with different textural properties and surface chemistries. Our results show that Pt nanocubes are most effective toward the ORR when loaded onto tire-derived carbon with an increased electrochemically active surface area, a decreased average pore diameter, low sulfur content, and good crystallinity. These properties collectively allow for high dispersion of Pt nanocubes onto the tire-derived carbon support, and hence, increase the activity toward oxygen reduction. When benchmarked against a commercial carbon black support (Ketjen-300), the tire-derived carbon support achieved similar performance. Our results highlight an effective approach to converting waste tires into carbon supports for electrocatalysis.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1477904
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1479712
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; DGE-1650044
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Volume: 165 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electrocatalysis; energy conversion; fuel cells - PEM; oxygen reduction; tire-derived carbon
Citation Formats
Hood, Zachary D., Yang, Xuan, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, and Paranthaman, M. Parans. Conversion of Waste Tire Rubber into High-Value-Added Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysis. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.1081813jes.
Hood, Zachary D., Yang, Xuan, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, & Paranthaman, M. Parans. Conversion of Waste Tire Rubber into High-Value-Added Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1081813jes
Hood, Zachary D., Yang, Xuan, Li, Yunchao, Naskar, Amit K., Chi, Miaofang, and Paranthaman, M. Parans. Wed .
"Conversion of Waste Tire Rubber into High-Value-Added Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1081813jes.
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title = {Conversion of Waste Tire Rubber into High-Value-Added Carbon Supports for Electrocatalysis},
author = {Hood, Zachary D. and Yang, Xuan and Li, Yunchao and Naskar, Amit K. and Chi, Miaofang and Paranthaman, M. Parans},
abstractNote = {Carbon supports are vital for a wide range of electrochemical reactions, yet the production of useful carbon supports largely relies on costly precursors and fabrication methods. Here, we present a new economical process to fabricate carbon-based supports for electrocatalysts using recycled tire rubber as the main feedstock. Using the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as an example, we deposited Pt nanocubes on tire-derived carbon with different textural properties and surface chemistries. Our results show that Pt nanocubes are most effective toward the ORR when loaded onto tire-derived carbon with an increased electrochemically active surface area, a decreased average pore diameter, low sulfur content, and good crystallinity. These properties collectively allow for high dispersion of Pt nanocubes onto the tire-derived carbon support, and hence, increase the activity toward oxygen reduction. When benchmarked against a commercial carbon black support (Ketjen-300), the tire-derived carbon support achieved similar performance. Our results highlight an effective approach to converting waste tires into carbon supports for electrocatalysis.},
doi = {10.1149/2.1081813jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 14,
volume = 165,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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