在氧电还原的铁--碳催化剂中使用二次金属的结构和反应效应
Fang Luo1, Aaron Roy2, Moulay Tahar Sougrati2
1Department of Chemistry, The Electrochemical Catalysis, Catalysis and Materials Science Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
双金属铁-金属--碳 (FeMNC) 催化剂显示出增强的氧降解反应 (ORR) 活性. 将锡或添加到铁--碳 (FeNC) 催化剂中,通过优化特定的铁--碳活性位点,增加了循环频率.
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 电化学
- 催化剂
背景情况:
- 双金属铁-金属--碳 (FeMNC) 催化剂对酸性介质中的氧降解反应 (ORR) 是有前途的.
- 了解FeMNC催化剂中的活性位点和金属相互作用对于优化其性能至关重要.
- 之前的研究表明活动有所改善, 但根本机制尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 阐明FeSnNC和FeCoNC催化剂中的活性位点和金属相互作用的性质.
- 将双金属FeMNC催化剂的结构和催化性能与单金属催化剂进行比较.
- 确定二次金属 (Sn,Co) 在增强ORR活动中的作用.
主要方法:
- 合成和描述FeSnNC,FeCoNC,FeNC和SnNC的催化剂.
- CO冷化学吸收以确定金属--碳 (M-Nx) 位点密度
- 电子显微镜和X射线吸收光谱用于结构分析.
- 铁Mössbauer光谱用于探测铁位点的局部环境.
主要成果:
- 双金属FeSnNC和FeCoNC催化剂的质量活性比FeNC催化剂高50-100%.
- 在双金属催化剂中,CO化学吸收显示出较低的M-Nx位密度,这表明转换频率增加.
- 光谱方法证实了Fe-Nx和Sn-Nx或Co-Nx位点的共存,没有证据表明Fe-M-Nx位点.
- 铁Mössbauer光谱显示了双金属催化剂的D1/D2比率增加,这表明D1Fe-Nx位点的比例更高.
结论:
- 将二次金属 (Sn,Co) 添加到FeNC催化剂中,通过增加活性站点的周转频率来增强ORR活动.
- 在二次金属添加时,D1 Fe-Nx位点的形成是催化性能改善的原因.
- 该研究澄清了FeMNC催化剂中的活性位点结构,区分了单个M-Nx位点,并排除了双核位点.
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