TY - JOUR
T1 - Transition metal phthalocyanine-modified shungite-based cathode catalysts for alkaline membrane fuel cell
AU - Mooste, Marek
AU - Tkesheliadze, Tinatin
AU - Kozlova, Jekaterina
AU - Kikas, Arvo
AU - Kisand, Vambola
AU - Treshchalov, Alexey
AU - Tamm, Aile
AU - Aruväli, Jaan
AU - Zagal, José H.
AU - Kannan, Arunachala M.
AU - Tammeveski, Kaido
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by the Estonian Research Council (grants PRG723 and PRG4 ) and http://M-ERA.Net M-ERA.Net project “C-MOF.cell” (SLTKT20445). This research was also financed by the EU through the European Regional Development Fund ( TK141 , “Advanced materials and high-technology devices for energy recuperation systems” and TK134 , “Emerging orders in quantum and nanomaterials”). The authors would like to thank Professor Steven Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University, Canada) for providing the HMT-PMBI membrane. J.H.Z. is grateful to the support of ANID projects ACT 192175 and Fondecyt 1181037.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is one of the green solutions for the growing need for energy conversion technologies. For the first time, we propose a natural shungite based non-precious metal catalyst (NPMC) as an alternative cathode catalyst to Pt-based materials for AEMFCs application. The Co and Fe phthalocyanine (Pc)-modified shungite materials were prepared via pyrolysis and used for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) studies. The most promising ORR performance was observed in alkaline media for FePc-modified and acid-leached shungite-based NPMC material. The catalysts were also evaluated as cathode materials in a single cell AEMFC and peak power densities of 232 and 234 mW cm−2 at 60 °C using H2 and O2 gases at 100% RH were observed for CoPc- and FePc-modified acid-treated materials, respectively.
AB - The alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) is one of the green solutions for the growing need for energy conversion technologies. For the first time, we propose a natural shungite based non-precious metal catalyst (NPMC) as an alternative cathode catalyst to Pt-based materials for AEMFCs application. The Co and Fe phthalocyanine (Pc)-modified shungite materials were prepared via pyrolysis and used for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) studies. The most promising ORR performance was observed in alkaline media for FePc-modified and acid-leached shungite-based NPMC material. The catalysts were also evaluated as cathode materials in a single cell AEMFC and peak power densities of 232 and 234 mW cm−2 at 60 °C using H2 and O2 gases at 100% RH were observed for CoPc- and FePc-modified acid-treated materials, respectively.
KW - Anion exchange membrane fuel cell
KW - Electrocatalysis
KW - Metal phthalocyanine
KW - Oxygen evolution reaction
KW - Oxygen reduction reaction
KW - Shungite
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.231
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.10.231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096468584
VL - 46
SP - 4365
EP - 4377
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
SN - 0360-3199
IS - 5
ER -