Impact of heterometallic cooperativity of iron and copper active sites on electrocatalytic oxygen reduction kinetics

Kato, Masaru*; Fujibayashi, Natsuki*; Abe, Daiki*; Matsubara, Naohiro*; Yasuda, Satoshi; Yagi, Ichizo*

ACS Catalysis, 11(4), p.2356 - 2365, 2021/02

https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c04753

Fe-N-C oxygen reduction reaction catalyst is a key materials in polymer electrolyte fuel cell. However, the many Fe-N-C electrocatalysts still suffer from product selectivity due to the production of HO as the byproduct. In this work, we synthesized an ORR electrocatalyst of Cu, Fe, and N-doped carbon nanotubes. This heterobimetallic catalyst showed the selective four electron reduction of O to HO. Kinetic analysis of the electrocatalytic ORR and hydrogen peroxide reduction reaction in acidic media revealed that Cu, Fe-N-doped catalyst showed two orders of magnitude higher rate constants for the direct four electron reduction of O to HO than those for the two electron reduction of O to HO, whereas a monometallic Fe-N-doped catalyst showed the same order of magnitude, indicating that the heterometallic cooperativity had a drastic impact on the ORR kinetics.

Towards optimizing the performance of self-regenerating Pt-based perovskite catalysts

Jarrige, I.*; Ishii, Kenji; Matsumura, Daiju; Nishihata, Yasuo; Yoshida, Masahiro*; Kishi, Hirofumi*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Uenishi, Mari*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Kasai, Hideaki*; et al.

ACS Catalysis, 5(2), p.1112 - 1118, 2015/02

https://doi.org/10.1021/cs501608k