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- Title
Activating Nitrogen‐doped Graphene Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts in Acidic Electrolytes using Hydrophobic Cavities and Proton‐conductive Particles.
- Authors
Singh, Santosh K.; Takeyasu, Kotaro; Homma, Kaito; Ito, Shigeharu; Morinaga, Takashi; Endo, Yuto; Furukawa, Moeko; Mori, Toshiyuki; Ogasawara, Hirohito; Nakamura, Junji
- Abstract
Although pyridinic‐nitrogen (pyri‐N) doped graphene is highly active for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of fuel cells in alkaline media, the activity critically decreases under acidic conditions. We report on how to prevent the deactivation based on the mechanistic understanding that O2+pyri-NH++e-→O2,a+pyri-NH ${{{\rm O}}_{2}+{\rm p}{\rm y}{\rm r}{\rm i}{\rm { -}}{\rm N}{{\rm H}}^{+}+{{\rm e}}^{-}{\to }_{\ }^{{\rm \ }}{{\rm O}}_{2,{\rm a}}+{\rm p}{\rm y}{\rm r}{\rm i}{\rm { -}}{\rm N}{\rm H}}$ governs the ORR kinetics. First, we considered that the deactivation is due to the hydration of pyri‐NH+, leading to a lower shift of the redox potential. Introducing the hydrophobic cavity prevented the hydration of pyri‐NH+ but inhibited the proton transport. We then increased proton conductivity in the hydrophobic cavity by introducing SiO2 particles coated with ionic liquid polymer/Nafion® which kept the high onset potentials with an increased current density even in acidic media.
- Subjects
OXYGEN reduction; ALKALINE fuel cells; GRAPHENE; DOPING agents (Chemistry); ELECTROCATALYSTS; PROTON conductivity
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2022, Vol 134, Issue 51, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202212506