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Yang B, Xiang Z. Nanostructure Engineering of Cathode Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: From Catalysts to Membrane Electrode Assembly. ACS NANO 2024; 18:11598-11630. [PMID: 38669279 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is the core component of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), which is the place where the reaction occurrence, the multiphase material transfer and the energy conversion, and the development of MEA with high activity and long stability are crucial for the practical application of PEMFCs. Currently, efforts are devoted to developing the regulation of MEA nanostructure engineering, which is believed to have advantages in improving catalyst utilization, maximizing three-phase boundaries, enhancing mass transport, and improving operational stability. This work reviews recent research progress on platinum group metal (PGM) and PGM-free catalysts with multidimensional nanostructures, catalyst layers (CLs), and nano-MEAs for PEMFCs, emphasizing the importance of structure-function relationships, aiming to guide the further development of the performance for PEMFCs. Then the design strategy of the MEA interface is summarized systematically. In addition, the application of in situ and operational characterization techniques to adequately identify current density distributions, hot spots, and water management visualization of MEAs is also discussed. Finally, the limitations of nanostructured MEA research are discussed and future promising research directions are proposed. This paper aims to provide valuable insights into the fundamental science and technical engineering of efficient MEA interfaces for PEMFCs.
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- Bolong Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, People's Republic of China
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Zhang S, Zhou H, Liao H, Tan P, Tian W, Pan J. Microbial synthesis of efficient palladium electrocatalyst with high loadings for oxygen reduction reaction in acidic medium. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 611:161-171. [PMID: 34952270 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.12.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Whereas limited amount of precious metal adsorbed by bacteria conflicting the needs of high loadings for better catalytic performances, cell disruption technology was adopted to smash Shewanella cells in this work, releasing abundant oxygen functional groups inside the cells for better adsorption of palladium ion. Then palladium catalysts were synthesized in two ways: 1) Pd catalyst supported on carbonized-broken-bacterial (Pd/FHNC) was obtained after direct carbonization and reduction; 2) Electrospinning technology was used to spin the broken Shewanella into fibers, and Pd nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber (Pd/NCNF) was prepared following carbonization and hydrogen reduction. The as-prepared catalysts exhibit excellent oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalytic performance in the acid medium. The mass specific activities at 0.7 V of Pd/FHNC and Pd/NCNF were 0.213 A mg-1 and 0.121 A mg-1 which were 5.92 and 3.36 times than those of commercial Pd/C(0.036 A mg-1) respectively, and they also displayed higher stability than Pd/C. Furthermore, the Pd loadings of Pd/FHNC and Pd/NCNF were 21.52% and 17.13% respectively. An explanation for the improved performance is the co-doping of nitrogen and phosphorus, also the tight integration of Pd and broken-bacterial. Herein, we propose a novel and effective method for synthesis of ORR electrocatalysts.
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- Shaohui Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, 932 Lushan Road, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, 932 Lushan Road, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, 932 Lushan Road, Changsha 410083, PR China
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- Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy, Central South University, 932 Lushan Road, Changsha 410083, PR China.
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GUNJI T. Preparation of Ordered Intermetallic Compounds and Their Application in Electrocatalytic Reactions. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.21-00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Takao GUNJI
- Department of Material and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University
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Kostuch A, Rutkowska IA, Dembinska B, Wadas A, Negro E, Vezzù K, Di Noto V, Kulesza PJ. Enhancement of Activity and Development of Low Pt Content Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acid Media. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26175147. [PMID: 34500578 PMCID: PMC8434571 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26175147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Platinum is a main catalyst for the electroreduction of oxygen, a reaction of primary importance to the technology of low-temperature fuel cells. Due to the high cost of platinum, there is a need to significantly lower its loadings at interfaces. However, then O2-reduction often proceeds at a less positive potential, and produces higher amounts of undesirable H2O2-intermediate. Hybrid supports, which utilize metal oxides (e.g., CeO2, WO3, Ta2O5, Nb2O5, and ZrO2), stabilize Pt and carbon nanostructures and diminish their corrosion while exhibiting high activity toward the four-electron (most efficient) reduction in oxygen. Porosity of carbon supports facilitates dispersion and stability of Pt nanoparticles. Alternatively, the Pt-based bi- and multi-metallic catalysts, including PtM alloys or M-core/Pt-shell nanostructures, where M stands for certain transition metals (e.g., Au, Co, Cu, Ni, and Fe), can be considered. The catalytic efficiency depends on geometric (decrease in Pt-Pt bond distances) and electronic (increase in d-electron vacancy in Pt) factors, in addition to possible metal-support interactions and interfacial structural changes affecting adsorption and activation of O2-molecules. Despite the stabilization of carbons, doping with heteroatoms, such as sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus, and boron results in the formation of catalytically active centers. Thus, the useful catalysts are likely to be multi-component and multi-functional.
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- Aldona Kostuch
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.K.); (I.A.R.); (B.D.); (A.W.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.K.); (I.A.R.); (B.D.); (A.W.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.K.); (I.A.R.); (B.D.); (A.W.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.K.); (I.A.R.); (B.D.); (A.W.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy; (E.N.); (K.V.); (V.D.N.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy; (E.N.); (K.V.); (V.D.N.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy; (E.N.); (K.V.); (V.D.N.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland; (A.K.); (I.A.R.); (B.D.); (A.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-2255-26-344
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Ando F, Gunji T, Tanabe T, Fukano I, Abruña HD, Wu J, Ohsaka T, Matsumoto F. Enhancement of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Pt by Tuning Its d-Band Center via Transition Metal Oxide Support Interactions. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fuma Ando
- Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, 1-10-20, Hashirimizu, Yokosuka 239-8686, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 189 Songling Road, 266101 Qingdao, China
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- Research Institute for Engineering, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
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- Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1, Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8686, Japan
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Menshchikov VS, Belenov SV, Novomlinsky IN, Nikulin AY, Guterman VE. Multi-Component Platinum-Containing Electrocatalysts in the Reactions of Oxygen Reduction and Methanol Oxidation. RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193521060070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jiménez-Morales I, Haidar F, Cavaliere S, Jones D, Rozière J. Strong Interaction between Platinum Nanoparticles and Tantalum-Doped Tin Oxide Nanofibers and Its Activation and Stabilization Effects for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75231 Paris, Cedex 5, France
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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- ICGM Université de Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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Naik KM, Higuchi E, Inoue H. Pt nanoparticle-decorated two-dimensional oxygen-deficient TiO 2 nanosheets as an efficient and stable electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:11055-11062. [PMID: 32400843 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr02092c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Developing novel hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) catalysts with high activity, high stability and low cost is of great importance for the ever-broader applications of hydrogen energy. Among the conventionally used platinum-based heterogeneous catalysts, the high consumption and low utilization efficiency of precious platinum are the most crucial issues. Herein we present a facile approach to prepare an effective HER catalyst with platinum nanoparticles dispersed on oxygen-deficient TiO2-x nanosheets (NSs). The fabricated Pt-TiO2-x NS electrocatalyst shows an overpotential of 35 mV at 10 mA cm-2 for the HER in 0.5 M H2SO4, which is highly comparable to that of commercial Pt/C (34 mV). More attractively, the Pt-TiO2-x NS electrocatalyst largely enhanced the mass activity (MA) of Pt and electrochemical stability compared to commercial Pt/C. The excellent HER performance of Pt-TiO2-x NSs is attributed to the synergetic effect between highly dispersed Pt species and TiO2-x NSs with oxygen vacancies, which enhances both electrocatalytic activity and durability over a wide pH range. This strategy can provide insights into constructing highly efficient catalysts and their support for different energy-related applications.
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- Keerti M Naik
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.
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Volochaev VA, Novomlinskii IN, Bayan EM, Guterman VE. Nanostructured Platinum Catalyst Supported by Titanium Dioxide. RUSS J ELECTROCHEM+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s1023193519090143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang Y, Zhang X, Huang H, Cai J, Huang B, Lin S. Synthesis of TiO2/rGO composites with different morphologies and their electrocatalysis for the oxygen reduction reaction. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj04559c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An octahedral TiO2/rGO composite shows the best catalytic activity for the ORR.
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- Yi Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Fujian Normal University
- Fuzhou
- China
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