Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 274, Issue -, Pages 48-55Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.10.041
Keywords
Fuel cell; Cathode catalyst; Catalytic activity; Oxygen reduction reaction; Macroporous carbon; Glucose-urea resin
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21476200, 21276229, 51271164]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [Z4110126]
- Doctoral Fund from the Education Ministry of China [20100101110042]
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A novel method of in-situ catalytic site (CoNx) construction in macroporous carbon (MPC) is developed. The nitrogen-containing MPC-supported cobalt (Co/N-MPC) catalysts are synthesized via the pyrolysis of a mixture of glucose-urea resin, nano-CaCO3, and cobalt nitrate. The nano-CaCO3 functions as a template to fabricate MPC that provides high electric conductivity and large specific surface area. The catalytic CoNx sites are simultaneously created during the formation of N-MPC. The use of glucose-urea resin as the carbon and nitrogen sources significantly increases the nitrogen content as high as 8.8 at% in the MPC. The synthesized Co/N-MPC demonstrates superb catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction. The direct borohydride fuel cell using the Co/N MPC shows a power density as high as 170 mW cm(-2) which is much higher than the cell using 10 wt.% Pt/C but slightly lower than the cell using 20 wt.% Pt/C as the cathode catalyst at ambient conditions. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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