A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The conversion of biomass into valuable carbon composites as efficient non-precious metal oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts is attractive for the development of commercially viable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel-cell technology. Herein, a ver...

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Main Authors: Wei, J., Liang, Y., Hu, Y., Kong, B., Simon, G., Zhang, J., Jiang, San Ping, Wang, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102044
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30575
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author Wei, J.
Liang, Y.
Hu, Y.
Kong, B.
Simon, G.
Zhang, J.
Jiang, San Ping
Wang, H.
author_facet Wei, J.
Liang, Y.
Hu, Y.
Kong, B.
Simon, G.
Zhang, J.
Jiang, San Ping
Wang, H.
author_sort Wei, J.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The conversion of biomass into valuable carbon composites as efficient non-precious metal oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts is attractive for the development of commercially viable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel-cell technology. Herein, a versatile iron-tannin-framework ink coating strategy is developed to fabricate cellulose-derived Fe3C/Fe-N-C catalysts using commercial filter paper, tissue, or cotton as a carbon source, an iron-tannin framework as an iron source, and dicyandiamide as a nitrogen source. The oxygen reduction performance of the resultant Fe3C/Fe-N-C catalysts shows a high onset potential (i.e. 0.98 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), and large kinetic current density normalized to both geometric electrode area and mass of catalysts (6.4 mAcm-2 and 32 mAmg-1 at 0.80 V vs RHE) in alkaline condition. This method can even be used to prepare efficient catalysts using waste carbon sources, such as used polyurethane foam.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-305752022-10-12T07:14:24Z A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Wei, J. Liang, Y. Hu, Y. Kong, B. Simon, G. Zhang, J. Jiang, San Ping Wang, H. © 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. The conversion of biomass into valuable carbon composites as efficient non-precious metal oxygen-reduction electrocatalysts is attractive for the development of commercially viable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel-cell technology. Herein, a versatile iron-tannin-framework ink coating strategy is developed to fabricate cellulose-derived Fe3C/Fe-N-C catalysts using commercial filter paper, tissue, or cotton as a carbon source, an iron-tannin framework as an iron source, and dicyandiamide as a nitrogen source. The oxygen reduction performance of the resultant Fe3C/Fe-N-C catalysts shows a high onset potential (i.e. 0.98 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)), and large kinetic current density normalized to both geometric electrode area and mass of catalysts (6.4 mAcm-2 and 32 mAmg-1 at 0.80 V vs RHE) in alkaline condition. This method can even be used to prepare efficient catalysts using waste carbon sources, such as used polyurethane foam. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30575 10.1002/anie.201509024 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102044 restricted
spellingShingle Wei, J.
Liang, Y.
Hu, Y.
Kong, B.
Simon, G.
Zhang, J.
Jiang, San Ping
Wang, H.
A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title_full A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title_fullStr A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title_full_unstemmed A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title_short A Versatile Iron-Tannin-Framework Ink Coating Strategy to Fabricate Biomass-Derived Iron Carbide/Fe-N-Carbon Catalysts for Efficient Oxygen Reduction
title_sort versatile iron-tannin-framework ink coating strategy to fabricate biomass-derived iron carbide/fe-n-carbon catalysts for efficient oxygen reduction
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150102044
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30575