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:
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- Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Materials Physics & Applications Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Materials Science and Technology Division
- Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany) Dept. of Materials- and Earth Sciences, and Dept. of Chemistry
- 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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