JOURNAL ARTICLE

Highly efficient and sustainable non-precious-metal Fe–N–C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Meng SunDouglas M. DavenportHuijuan LiuJiuhui QuMenachem ElimelechJinghong Li

Year: 2017 Journal:   Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol: 6 (6)Pages: 2527-2539   Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Efficient and sustainable Fe–N–C catalyst prepared by EDTA–Fe(ii) pyrolysis promotes the ORR performances within a nearly four-electron transfer pathway.

Keywords:
Oxygen reduction reaction Oxygen reduction Catalysis Precious metal Electron transfer Pyrolysis Metal Oxygen Chemistry Materials science Chemical engineering Inorganic chemistry Metallurgy Electrochemistry Photochemistry Electrode Organic chemistry Physical chemistry Engineering

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