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Published on: June 9, 2023
High Durability of a 14-Membered Hexaaza Macrocyclic Fe Complex for an Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction Revealed by
Junya Ohyama1, Makoto Moriya2,3, Ryo Takahama3
1Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan.
Abstract:
Nonplatinum metal (NPM) catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been developed; however, NPM catalysts still need to be improved in terms of both their catalytic activity and durability. To overcome these problems, an Fe active site contained within a more compact ligand than conventional, porphyrinic, 16-membered ring ligands, or more specifically, a hexaaza macrocyclic ligand with a 14-membered ring (14MR), was developed. In this study, the durability of the Fe-14MR complex was compared to that of Fe phthalocyanine (FePc), which has a 16-membered ring ligand, using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy; demetalation of the Fe complexes was directly observed during electrochemical experiments performed under acidic ORR conditions. It was found that Fe-14MR is significantly more resistant to demetalation than FePc during the ORR.
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