The effect of temperature on ionic liquid modified Fe-N-C catalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction reaction
Wolker T, Brunnengräber K, Martinaiou I, Lorenz N, Zhang GR, Kramm UI, Etzold BJ (2022)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 68
Pages Range: 324-329
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2021.11.042
Abstract
Modifying solid catalysts with an ionic liquid layer is an effective approach for boosting the performance of both Pt-based and non-precious metal catalysts toward the oxygen reduction reaction. While most studies operated at room temperature it remains unclear whether the IL-associated boosting effect can be maintained at elevated temperature, which is of high relevance for practical applications in low temperature fuel cells. Herein, Fe-N-C catalysts were modified by introducing small amounts of hydrophobic ionic liquid, resulting in boosted electrocatalytic activity towards the alkaline oxygen reduction reaction at room temperature. It is demonstrated that the boosting effect can be maintained and even strengthened when increasing the electrolyte temperature up to 70 °C. These findings show for the first time that the incorporation of ionic liquid is a suited method to obtain advanced noble metal-free electrocatalysts that can be applied at operating temperature condition.
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Wolker, T., Brunnengräber, K., Martinaiou, I., Lorenz, N., Zhang, G.R., Kramm, U.I., & Etzold, B.J. (2022). The effect of temperature on ionic liquid modified Fe-N-C catalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction reaction. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 68, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2021.11.042
MLA:
Wolker, Thomas, et al. "The effect of temperature on ionic liquid modified Fe-N-C catalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction reaction." Journal of Energy Chemistry 68 (2022): 324-329.
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