Highly active non-PGM catalysts prepared from metal organic frameworks

Barkholtz, Heather M.; Chong, Lina; Kaiser, Zachary B.; Xu, Tao; Liu, Di -Jia

doi:10.3390/catal5020955

Title: Highly active non-PGM catalysts prepared from metal organic frameworks

Journal Article · Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Catalysts

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/catal5020955· OSTI ID:1208863

Barkholtz, Heather M. ^[1]; Chong, Lina ^[2]; Kaiser, Zachary B. ^[2]; Xu, Tao ^[3]; Liu, Di -Jia ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States)

Finding inexpensive alternatives to platinum group metals (PGMs) is essential for reducing the cost of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Numerous materials have been investigated as potential replacements of Pt, of which the transition metal and nitrogen-doped carbon composites (TM/N_x/C) prepared from iron doped zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are among the most active ones in catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction based on recent studies. In this report, we demonstrate that the catalytic activity of ZIF-based TM/N_x/C composites can be substantially improved through optimization of synthesis and post-treatment processing conditions. Ultimately, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalytic activity must be demonstrated in membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) of fuel cells. The process of preparing MEAs using ZIF-based non-PGM electrocatalysts involves many additional factors which may influence the overall catalytic activity at the fuel cell level. Evaluation of parameters such as catalyst loading and perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer to catalyst ratio were optimized. Our overall efforts to optimize both the catalyst and MEA construction process have yielded impressive ORR activity when tested in a fuel cell system.

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

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1208863

Journal Information:: Catalysts, Vol. 5, Issue 2; ISSN 2073-4344

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