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Yang Hui, Liu Yanfang, Liu Xiaolu, Wang Xiangke, Tian He, Waterhouse Geoffrey I.N., Kruger Paul E., Telfer Shane G., Ma Shengqian. Large-scale synthesis of N-doped carbon capsules supporting atomically dispersed iron for efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(2): 227-234. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.02.005
Citation: Yang Hui, Liu Yanfang, Liu Xiaolu, Wang Xiangke, Tian He, Waterhouse Geoffrey I.N., Kruger Paul E., Telfer Shane G., Ma Shengqian. Large-scale synthesis of N-doped carbon capsules supporting atomically dispersed iron for efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis[J]. eScience, 2022, 2(2): 227-234. doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.02.005
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Large-scale synthesis of N-doped carbon capsules supporting atomically dispersed iron for efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysis

doi: 10.1016/j.esci.2022.02.005
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    Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, 76201, United States

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    College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, PR China

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    State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, PR China

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    MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand

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    MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

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    MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand

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  • Corresponding author: Shengqian Ma shengqian.ma@unt.edu
  • Received Date: 2021-10-03
  • Revised Date: 2022-01-05
  • Accepted Date: 2022-02-21
    • Available Online: 2022-03-04
    Abstract
  • The large-scale synthesis of platinum-free electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a grand challenge. We report the large-scale production of stable and active ORR electrocatalysts based on iron, an earth-abundant element. A core–shell zeolitic imidazolate framework–tannic acid coordination polymer composite (ZIF-8@K-TA) was utilized as the catalyst precursor, which was transformed into iron atoms dispersed in hollow porous nitrogen-doped carbon capsules (H-Fe-Nx-C) through ion exchange and pyrolysis. H-Fe-Nx-C features site-isolated single-atom iron centers coordinated to nitrogen in graphitic layers, high levels of nitrogen doping, and high permeability to incoming gases. Benefiting from these characteristics, H-Fe-Nx-C demonstrated efficient electrocatalytic activity (E1/2 ​= ​0.92 ​V, vs. RHE) and stability towards the ORR in both alkaline and acidic media. In ORR performance, it surpassed the majority of recently reported Fe-N-C catalysts and the standard Pt/C catalyst. In addition, H-Fe-Nx-C showed outstanding tolerance to methanol.
    • ● H-Fe-Nx-C showed efficient electrocatalytic activity towards the ORR.
    ● A hollow Fe-Nx-C was synthesized through ion exchange and pyrolysis.
    ● H-Fe-Nx-C could be synthesized on a large scale if required.
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