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Interplay between structural and electrochemical properties of Pt-Rh carbon nitride electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction
Authors
E. Negro
G. Pace
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K. Vezzù
L. Toniolo
V. Di Noto
Publication date
1 January 2011
Publisher
'Elsevier BV'
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Abstract
This report describes a new family of bimetal carbon nitride (CN) electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for application in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The materials, which bear active sites based on Pt and Rh, are prepared with a three-step protocol consisting of: (1) the synthesis of a homogeneous zeolitic inorganic–organic polymer electrolyte (Z-IOPE) precursor; (2) the pyrolysis of the precursor at a temperature Tf = 400, 500, 600, 700 or 900 ◦C; (3) the activation, yielding the final product. It is found that Tf has a major effect on the structure and the electrochemical properties of these electrocatalysts, as determined from a wide array of independent characterization techniques including: high-resolution thermogravimetry (HR-TGA); Fourier-transform medium infrared (FT-MIR), Fourier-transform far infrared (FT-FIR) and confocal micro-Raman spectroscopies; powder X-ray diffraction (powder XRD); X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); and electrochemical investigations carried out with the cyclic voltammetry thin-film rotating disk electrode (CV-TF-RDE) method. All the information is integrated to propose a comprehensive model correlating the effect of Tf on the structure of the materials with the corresponding electrochemical performance. The best results in the ORR are obtained with materials prepared at 600 ≤ Tf ≤ 700 ◦C. These systems present the optimal compromise between the size of the metal-rich nanoparticles, the degree of graphitization of the carbon nitride support and the concentration of ligands blocking the active sites. The best Pt-Rh electrocatalysts exhibit an ORR activity very similar to the Pt/C reference. In addition, the peculiar structure of the proposed materials, which are characterized by active sites supported on the carbon nitride bulky materials, results in a better tolerance toward typical contaminants in the ORR process such as chloride anions with respect to the Pt/C reference. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserve
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