PGM-Free ORR Catalysts Designed by Templating PANI-Type Polymers Containing Functional Groups with High Affinity to Iron

Yin, Xi; Chung, Hoon Taek; Martinez, Ulises; Lin, Ling; Artyushkova, Kateryna; Zelenay, Piotr

doi:10.1149/2.0301907jes

Title: PGM-Free ORR Catalysts Designed by Templating PANI-Type Polymers Containing Functional Groups with High Affinity to Iron

Journal Article · 03 May 2019 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0301907jes · OSTI ID:1512751

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In this work, a coordination-chemistry approach was used to increase the content of nitrogen-coordinated iron moieties (Fe-N_x) in platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The catalysts were derived from a series of polyaniline (PANI)-type precursors with N-containing functional side chains having high affinity to iron. The PGM-free ORR catalysts synthesized using such polymeric templates were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffractometry, and tested in an electrochemical cell and H₂-air fuel cell for ORR activity. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis showed that, in spite of similar nitrogen contents, catalysts obtained using PANI-type polymers containing side chains with high affinity to iron had higher Fe content than PANI-derived catalyst. These PGM-free catalysts showed improved ORR activity in an electrochemical cell and in H₂-air fuel cell testing, compared to the PANI-derived catalyst. A correlation between the content of Fe-N_x moieties and the fuel cell performance was observed in these PGM-free ORR catalysts.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation and Fuels. Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1512751

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-19-23788

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 166, Issue 7; ISSN 0013-4651

Publisher:: The Electrochemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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