Increasing the electrochemically available active sites for heat-treated hemin catalysts supported on carbon black

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• 作者：Rongzhong Jiang^a ; ^{Rongzhong.jiang.civ@mail.mil} ; Dat T. Tran^a ; Joshua P. McClure^b ; Deryn Chu^a
• 关键词：BET surface area ; Heat-treatment ; Hemin ; ORR catalysts ; Ultrasound ; Fuel cell
• 刊名：Electrochimica Acta
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：30_00134686
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：30 July, 2012
• 卷：75
• 期：Complete
• 页码：185-190
• 文件大小：1561 K

摘要

A nano-sized non-noble metal catalyst containing hemin supported on carbon black was synthesized for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The hemin supported on carbon black was heat-treated (HT), and subjected to additional ultrasound treatments to increase the BET surface area and available active sites for the ORR. The HT hemin supported on carbon black was characterized with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), elemental analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and BET surface area analysis. The catalytic activity of the synthesized electrocatalysts was analyzed with cyclic voltammetry (CV), rotating disk electrode (RDE), and rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE). The effect of BET surface area on formal potential, anodic and cathodic peak currents, limiting currents, half wave potentials, and kinetic rate constant for ORR were studied. We found an apparent correlation between catalytic activity and BET surface area for this particular catalyst. Increasing BET surface area, the ORR catalytic activity increases significantly. Our research on HT hemin indicates that the catalytic activity for ORR significantly improves by reducing the particle size and increasing the surface area.