Effective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of FeCo Alloys In Situ Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon by the Microwave-Assistant Carbon Bath Method and Subsequent Plasma Etching
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Synthesis of Samples
2.2. Characterizations
2.3. Electrochemical Measurements
2.3.1. ORR Text
2.3.2. OER (Oxygen Evolution Reaction) Text
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Content (at.%) | Content of N Species (at.%) | |||||||
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C | O | N | Fe | Co | Pyridinic | Pyrrolic | Graphitic | Oxidized | |
FeCo@NC | 50.42 | 32.89 | 1.8 | 9.44 | 5.45 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.98 |
DBD-FeCo@NC | 60.05 | 24.65 | 1.67 | 8.64 | 4.99 | 0.58 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.50 |
Catalysts | Preparation Method | Onset Potential (V vs. RHE) | Half-Wave Potential (V vs. RHE) | Limiting-Current Density (mA/cm2) | Ref. |
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PtNi/C | Solution synthesis | - | 0.88 | - | [16] |
PtFe alloy | Solution synthesis | 0.95 | 0.88 | 5.83 | [17] |
FeCo@NC-750 | Furnace heating | 0.94 | 0.80 | 4.82 | [20] |
FeNi@NCNTs | Furnace heating | 0.95 | 0.77 | 4.70 | [21] |
FeCo@NC | MW-CBM | 0.88 | 0.78 | 4.42 | this work |
DBD-FeCo@NC | MW-CBM | 0.96 | 0.88 | 5.66 | this work |
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Liu, M.; Yu, F.; Ma, C.; Xue, X.; Fu, H.; Yuan, H.; Yang, S.; Wang, G.; Guo, X.; Zhang, L. Effective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of FeCo Alloys In Situ Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon by the Microwave-Assistant Carbon Bath Method and Subsequent Plasma Etching. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1284. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091284
Liu M, Yu F, Ma C, Xue X, Fu H, Yuan H, Yang S, Wang G, Guo X, Zhang L. Effective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of FeCo Alloys In Situ Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon by the Microwave-Assistant Carbon Bath Method and Subsequent Plasma Etching. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(9):1284. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091284
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Mincong, Feng Yu, Cunhua Ma, Xueyan Xue, Haihai Fu, Huifang Yuan, Shengchao Yang, Gang Wang, Xuhong Guo, and Lili Zhang. 2019. "Effective Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of FeCo Alloys In Situ Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon by the Microwave-Assistant Carbon Bath Method and Subsequent Plasma Etching" Nanomaterials 9, no. 9: 1284. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091284