高活性和耐久性非铂氧还原催化剂的研究进展

doi:10.13208/j.electrochem.2215002

摘要/Abstract

摘要：

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFCs)阴极氧还原反应(ORR)动力学迟缓，需要消耗大量的贵金属催化剂，这限制了其商业化应用。目前原子级分散的M-N-C（M = Fe, Co, Mn等）催化剂受到人们青睐，有望替代铂催化剂。在过去的几十年里，M-N-C催化剂取得了很大的进步，具有优异的ORR活性，而且燃料电池初始性能有希望接近传统的Pt/C催化剂。然而，这些高活性的Fe-N-C催化剂在燃料电池实际工作条件下的稳定性比较差。在这篇综述中，我们总结了在高效氧还原M-N-C催化剂方面的最近进展，主要概述了我们在限域策略和自旋调控方面的贡献。此外，我们还总结了几种提高活性的有效方法。我们还总结了近期的关于揭示M-N-C催化剂的降解机制的认识，如金属浸出、碳腐蚀、质子化和微孔淹没都会造成催化剂降解。为了改善M-N-C催化剂的寿命，我们概括了文献中的缓解策略，包括控制催化剂中S1/S2位点、使用非铁基催化剂、增强金属氮键、改善碳载体的耐腐蚀性和使用质子缓冲液等。最后，我们提出了目前原子级分散的M-N-C催化剂存在的挑战和可能的解决方案。

关键词: 非贵金属催化剂, 限域策略, 自旋调控, 降解机理, 缓解策略

Abstract:

In order to reduce the considerable usage of expensive but scarce platinum at the cathode in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), it is necessary to pursue alternatives to platinum. The most promising platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are atomically dispersed, and nitrogen-coordinated metal site catalysts denoted as M-N-C (M = Fe, Co, or Mn, etc.). Over the last few decades, there have been great advances in these catalysts with high ORR activity and promising initial fuel cell performance approaching traditional Pt/C catalysts. However, the stability of these highly active Fe-N-C catalysts under practical fuel cell conditions is still far from satisfactory. This review highlights recent advances in synthesizing efficient PGM-free catalysts for the ORR in PEMFCs, emphasizing our efforts on confinement strategies and spin state regulation methods. We also summarize several effective methods of improving mass and intrinsic activities. Furthermore, significant research efforts toward understanding the degradation mechanisms are made and the results are summarized, such as metal leaching, carbon corrosion, protonation, and micropore flooding. We also document several mitigation strategies to improve the lifetime of PGM-free catalysts, including controlling S1/S2 in Fe-N-C catalysts, using non-iron-based catalysts, enhancing metal-nitrogen bonds, improving the corrosion resistance of carbon carriers, and using buffered protonated liquids. Finally, the remaining challenges and possible solutions to the current atomic dispersion M-N-C catalyst are proposed in detail.

Key words: PGM-free catalyst, Confinement strategy, Spin state regulation, Degradation mechanism, Mitigation strategy

李渊, 陈妙迎, 卢帮安, 张佳楠. 高活性和耐久性非铂氧还原催化剂的研究进展[J]. 电化学（中英文）, 2023, 29(1): 2215002.

Yuan Li, Miao-Ying Chen, Bang-An Lu, Jia-Nan Zhang. Recent Advances in Exploring Highly Active & Durable PGM-Free Oxygen Reduction Catalysts[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2023, 29(1): 2215002.

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