Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 9, 943(2020)

Honeycomb-like Carbon-supported Fe Single Atom Catalyst: Preparation and Electrocatalytic Performance in Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Ziruo LIU... Wei LIU, Ce HAO, Jinwen HU and Yantao SHI* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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    Single atom catalysts (SACs) have emerged as an attractive concept for promoting heterogeneous reactions due to the unique properties, such as high activity and nearly 100% atom utilization. However, the synthesis of SACs remains a challenge due to the sintering of metal atoms at high temperature. In this study, Fe single atom on N doped porous carbon (Fe SA-NC) catalyst was obtained by ultrastrong polarity of molten salt (MS). Fe SA-NC shows honeycomb-like porous morphology and possesses a high specific surface area of 2072 m2·g-1. The content of Fe element in Fe SA-NC is 0.57wt%. The isolated Fe atoms are observed by AC HAADF-STEM, and the X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis confirms that Fe atoms disperse in the form of Fe-N4 on the carbon substrate. Fe SA-NC shows 0.85 V half-wave potential and 5.79 mA·cm-2maximum current density for ORR in 0.1 mol/L KOH solution. Fe SA-NC displays high selectivity for ORR four electron pathway (H2O2 yield<2%, electron transfer number is 3.9), outstanding stability, and good methanol tolerance.

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    Ziruo LIU, Wei LIU, Ce HAO, Jinwen HU, Yantao SHI. Honeycomb-like Carbon-supported Fe Single Atom Catalyst: Preparation and Electrocatalytic Performance in Oxygen Reduction Reaction[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 36(9): 943

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    Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

    Received: Nov. 4, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Dec. 9, 2021

    The Author Email: SHI Yantao (shiyantao@dlut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200624

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