XAFS analysis of unpyrolyzed CoPPyC oxygen reduction catalysts for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AMFC)

アニオン交換燃料電池用酸素還元触媒CoPPyCのXAFS解析

朝澤 浩一郎*; 山本 和矢*; 山田 浩次*; 田中 裕久*; 松村 大樹   ; 田村 和久   ; 西畑 保雄; Atanassov, P.*

Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamamoto, Kazuya*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Matsumura, Daiju; Tamura, Kazuhisa; Nishihata, Yasuo; Atanassov, P.*

Coポリピロールカーボン(PPyC)をX線吸収分光法により構造解析を行った。この試料は酸処理により酸素還元活性が高くなる。酸処理前の近接構造は2つのピークからなり、1つはCo-O/Nからなる軽元素の配位であり、もう1つは水酸化コバルトに起因するピークであった。後者のピークのみが酸処理により消滅した。触媒活性の結果と合わせて、熱処理を施さずとも、活性に寄与すると推測されるCo-Nの配位が存在することがわかった。

CoPPyC were analyzed with X-ray adsorption fine structure (XAFS) measurements. Acid-treated CoPPyC (CoPPyC-AT) has higher activity than PPyC for oxygen reduction reaction. From the analysis of EXAFS of Co, CoPPyC electrocatalysts as synthesized consist of two peaks. The peak around 1.6 was assigned to Co-N and/or Co-O shells. The second peak around 2.6 was assigned to Co-O-Co shells originated from cobalt hydroxide. CoPPyC-AT showed only one peak of assigned to Co-N and/or Co-O, and it indicates that cobalt hydroxide is removed by acid treatment. It is clear that a coexistence of cobalt and nitrogen in CoPPyC-AT shows specific performance, and pyrolysis is not necessary to make correlation of Co-N.