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Title: Progress in the Development of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells

Abstract

In this paper, we present a brief summary on the most recent progress in the design of catalysts for electrochemical reduction of oxygen. The main challenge in the wide spread of fuel cell technology is to lower the content of, or even eliminate, Pt and other precious metals in catalysts without sacrificing their performance. Pt-based nanosized catalysts with novel and refined architectures continue to dominate in catalytic performance, and formation of Pt-skin-like surfaces is key to achieving the highest values in activity. Moreover, durability has also been improved in Pt-based systems with addition of Au, which plays an important role in stabilizing the Pt topmost layers against dissolution. However, various carbon-based materials without precious metal have shown improvement in activity and durability and have been explored to serve as catalyst supports. Finally, understanding how the doped elements interact with each other and/or carbon is challenging and necessary in the design of robust fuel cell catalysts.

Authors:
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office
OSTI Identifier:
1352589
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1947-5438
Publisher:
Annual Reviews
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Carbon; Core-shell; Electrochemistry; Nanoparticle; Platinum; Thin films

Citation Formats

Li, Dongguo, Lv, Haifeng, Kang, Yijin, Markovic, Nenad M., and Stamenkovic, Vojislav R. Progress in the Development of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034526.
Li, Dongguo, Lv, Haifeng, Kang, Yijin, Markovic, Nenad M., & Stamenkovic, Vojislav R. Progress in the Development of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034526
Li, Dongguo, Lv, Haifeng, Kang, Yijin, Markovic, Nenad M., and Stamenkovic, Vojislav R. 2016. "Progress in the Development of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034526. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1352589.
@article{osti_1352589,
title = {Progress in the Development of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells},
author = {Li, Dongguo and Lv, Haifeng and Kang, Yijin and Markovic, Nenad M. and Stamenkovic, Vojislav R.},
abstractNote = {In this paper, we present a brief summary on the most recent progress in the design of catalysts for electrochemical reduction of oxygen. The main challenge in the wide spread of fuel cell technology is to lower the content of, or even eliminate, Pt and other precious metals in catalysts without sacrificing their performance. Pt-based nanosized catalysts with novel and refined architectures continue to dominate in catalytic performance, and formation of Pt-skin-like surfaces is key to achieving the highest values in activity. Moreover, durability has also been improved in Pt-based systems with addition of Au, which plays an important role in stabilizing the Pt topmost layers against dissolution. However, various carbon-based materials without precious metal have shown improvement in activity and durability and have been explored to serve as catalyst supports. Finally, understanding how the doped elements interact with each other and/or carbon is challenging and necessary in the design of robust fuel cell catalysts.},
doi = {10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-080615-034526},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1352589}, journal = {Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering},
issn = {1947-5438},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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