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Title: High-performance fuel cell cathodes exclusively containing atomically dispersed iron active sites

Abstract

Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with atomically dispersed FeN4 sites have emerged as a potential replacement for low-PGM catalysts in acidic polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs).

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Materials Physics & Applications Division
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
  4. Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany) Dept. of Materials- and Earth Sciences, and Dept. of Chemistry
  5. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1564158
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1531027; OSTI ID: 1897115
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; EE0008076
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Energy & Environmental Science
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Zhang, Hanguang, Chung, Hoon T., Cullen, David A., Wagner, Stephan, Kramm, Ulrike I., More, Karren L., Zelenay, Piotr, and Wu, Gang. High-performance fuel cell cathodes exclusively containing atomically dispersed iron active sites. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1039/c9ee00877b.
Zhang, Hanguang, Chung, Hoon T., Cullen, David A., Wagner, Stephan, Kramm, Ulrike I., More, Karren L., Zelenay, Piotr, & Wu, Gang. High-performance fuel cell cathodes exclusively containing atomically dispersed iron active sites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee00877b
Zhang, Hanguang, Chung, Hoon T., Cullen, David A., Wagner, Stephan, Kramm, Ulrike I., More, Karren L., Zelenay, Piotr, and Wu, Gang. Mon . "High-performance fuel cell cathodes exclusively containing atomically dispersed iron active sites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee00877b. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1564158.
@article{osti_1564158,
title = {High-performance fuel cell cathodes exclusively containing atomically dispersed iron active sites},
author = {Zhang, Hanguang and Chung, Hoon T. and Cullen, David A. and Wagner, Stephan and Kramm, Ulrike I. and More, Karren L. and Zelenay, Piotr and Wu, Gang},
abstractNote = {Platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with atomically dispersed FeN4 sites have emerged as a potential replacement for low-PGM catalysts in acidic polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs).},
doi = {10.1039/c9ee00877b},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
number = 8,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {6}
}

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