Recent Progress in Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts with an Encapsulation Structure

Authors

Mei-ling XIAO, State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China;
Jian-bing ZHU, State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China;
Chang-peng LIU, Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China;
Jun-jie GE, Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China;
Wei XING, State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun 130022, China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Wei XING(zmzhang@jlu.edu.cn)

Abstract

Platinum-based materials, the state-of-the-art catalysts for fuel cells, suffer from prohibitive costs, limited resources and insufficient durability. Accordingly, tremendous efforts were made in searching for efficient, durable and inexpensive alternatives to precious-metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Transition-metals (Fe, Co)/nitrogen co-doped hybrids, heteroatom (N, P, S, F, et al) doped carbons and composites with transition-metals encapsulated in graphitic layers are reported as the most efficient non-precious metal ORR catalysts. Among the various non-precious metal ORR catalysts, transition-metals encased in graphitic layer catalysts are a novel type of catalysts for ORR with high activity and durability, and thus, the in-depth researches are highly desirable. Here, we present the recent research progress in transition-metals encased catalysts from the aspects of synthesis, activity and catalytic mechanism, in an effort to promote the developments of these catalysts.

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Keywords

oxygen reduction reaction, transition-metals encased, non-precious metal catalysts

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.151152

Publication Date

2016-04-28

Online Available Date

2016-03-11

Revised Date

2016-02-29

Received Date

2016-01-05

Recommended Citation

Mei-ling XIAO, Jian-bing ZHU, Chang-peng LIU, Jun-jie GE, Wei XING. Recent Progress in Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts with an Encapsulation Structure[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2016 , 22(2): 101-112.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.151152
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol22/iss2/2

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