Recent Progress in Pt-Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Authors

Jing LI, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
Xin FENG, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China;
Zi-dong WEI, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Zi-dong WEI(zdwei@cqu.edu.cn)

Abstract

One major challenge for a large-scale commercialization of the proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) technologies that enable a shift to ‘zero-emission’ personal transportation, is the expensive and unstable Pt catalysts, which are mainly used to catalyze the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) occurred on the air electrode of PEMFCs. Many research works have targets to improve the stability of Pt-based catalysts and to construct Pt/transitional metal alloys with low Pt loading amount. Herein, we provide a minireview for the Pt-based ORR catalysts based on our recent work, which covers a brief background introduction, the stability improvement of pure Pt catalysts, the construction of Pt-alloy type catalysts and a future perspective. It is believed that the alloy catalysts with a sophistical structure design at an atomic level owns a promising future prospect.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

fuel cells, platinum, alloy, oxygen reduction reaction

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.180850

Publication Date

2018-12-28

Online Available Date

2018-11-22

Revised Date

2018-11-22

Received Date

2018-09-27

Recommended Citation

Jing LI, Xin FENG, Zi-dong WEI. Recent Progress in Pt-Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2018 , 24(6): 589-601.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.180850
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol24/iss6/3

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