• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 35, Issue 8, 953 (2020)
Sheng DING1, Kai NING1, Binxia YUAN1, Weiguo PAN1、2, Shibin YIN3, and Jianfeng LIU1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Energy and Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection Technology for Clean Power Generation in Machinery Industry, Shanghai 200090, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Non-ferrous Metals and Materials (Ministry of Education), Guangxi Key Laboratory of Processing for Non-ferrous Metals and Featured Materials, Nanning 530004, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20190547 Cite this Article
    Sheng DING, Kai NING, Binxia YUAN, Weiguo PAN, Shibin YIN, Jianfeng LIU. Durability of Fe-N/C Catalysts with Different Nanostructures for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Solution[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(8): 953 Copy Citation Text show less
    SEM images of (a) FeNC-DCDA and (b) FeNC-MM; HRTEM images of (c) FeNC-DCDA and (d) FeNC-MM with insets showing corresponding FFT patterns; TEM images of (e) FeNC-DCDA and (f) FeNC-MM with insets showing corresponding SAED images
    1. SEM images of (a) FeNC-DCDA and (b) FeNC-MM; HRTEM images of (c) FeNC-DCDA and (d) FeNC-MM with insets showing corresponding FFT patterns; TEM images of (e) FeNC-DCDA and (f) FeNC-MM with insets showing corresponding SAED images
    XRD patterns (a), XPS wide scan (b), XPS C1s spectra (c), XPS N1s spectra (d) for FeNC-DCDA and FeNC-MM
    2. XRD patterns (a), XPS wide scan (b), XPS C1s spectra (c), XPS N1s spectra (d) for FeNC-DCDA and FeNC-MM
    LSV curves (a), CV curves (b), H2O2 yield (c) and electron transfer number (d) for Pt/C, FeNC-DCDA, FeNC-MM and KB in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH at 1600 r·min-1
    3. LSV curves (a), CV curves (b), H2O2 yield (c) and electron transfer number (d) for Pt/C, FeNC-DCDA, FeNC-MM and KB in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH at 1600 r·min-1
    CV curves in N2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH and LSV curves in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH of the catalysts for 30000 load potential cycles(a-b) Pt/C; (c-d) FeNC-MM; (e-f) FeNC-DCDA
    4. CV curves in N2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH and LSV curves in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH of the catalysts for 30000 load potential cycles(a-b) Pt/C; (c-d) FeNC-MM; (e-f) FeNC-DCDA
    HRTEM images of FeNC-DCDA
    S1. HRTEM images of FeNC-DCDA
    LSV curves of as-prepared and acid-leached FeNC-DCDA measured in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH (a) and LSV curves of SCN- poisoned FeNC-DCDA measured in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH (1600 r·min-1, 10 mV s-1) (b)
    S2. LSV curves of as-prepared and acid-leached FeNC-DCDA measured in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH (a) and LSV curves of SCN- poisoned FeNC-DCDA measured in O2-saturated 0.1 mol·L-1 KOH (1600 r·min-1, 10 mV s-1) (b)
    Comparison of maximum current densities of catalysts before and after the durability tests
    S3. Comparison of maximum current densities of catalysts before and after the durability tests
    CompositonFeNC-DCDA/at%FeNC-MM/at%
    Carbon97.0596.14
    Nitrogen0.251.85
    Oxygen2.211.54
    Iron0.490.48
    Table 1.

    Elemental compositions of Fe-N/C catalysts synthesized with different nitrogen sources obtained from XPS analysis

    CatalystN-CFe-NxGraphitic nitrogenOxygenated nitrogen
    Position/eVFraction/%Position/eVFraction/%Position/eVFraction/%Position/eVFraction/%
    FeNC-DCDA398.7135.66399.8210.02401.3824.79403.5129.52
    FeNC-MM398.6834.54400.078.4401.2613.2404.243.86
    Table 2.

    Nitrogen contents and deconvoluted N 1s peak positions in Fe-N/C catalysts from XPS data

    Sheng DING, Kai NING, Binxia YUAN, Weiguo PAN, Shibin YIN, Jianfeng LIU. Durability of Fe-N/C Catalysts with Different Nanostructures for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction in Alkaline Solution[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(8): 953
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