A non-noble material cathode catalyst dual-doped with sulfur and nitrogen as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

By Li Xu and Guoshun Pan and Xiaolei Shi and Chunli Zou and Yan Zhou and Guihai Luo and Gaopan Chen
Published in Electrochimica Acta NULL 2015

Abstract

The behavior of Fe-based dual-doped non-noble metal electrocatalyst (Fe-N/C-TsOH) pyrolyzed at different condition and the repercussion for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has been studied. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and rotating disk electrode (RDE) with Tafel theory as well as Koutecky-Levich were used to quantitatively obtain the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetic constants and the reaction mechanisms. The pyrolyzed catalysts showed significantly improved \ORR\ activity as well as different \ORR\ mechanism, indicating that heat-treatment is a necessary step for improving catalyst activity. In addition, the optimal heat-treatment temperature was found to be 600

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