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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Application of Low-Cost Me-N-C (Me = Fe or Co) Electrocatalysts Derived from EDTA in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs).

Carmelo Lo Vecchio, Antonino Salvatore Aricò, Vincenzo Baglio

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Carmelo Lo VecchioC.N.R., Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano" (ITAE), Via Salita Santa Lucia sopra Contesse, 5, 98126 Messina, Italy. lovecchio@itae.cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0003-0675-1393
Antonino Salvatore AricòC.N.R., Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano" (ITAE), Via Salita Santa Lucia sopra Contesse, 5, 98126 Messina, Italy. arico@itae.cnr.it.
Vincenzo BaglioC.N.R., Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l'Energia "Nicola Giordano" (ITAE), Via Salita Santa Lucia sopra Contesse, 5, 98126 Messina, Italy. baglio@itae.cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0002-0541-7169

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Co-N-C and Fe-N-C electrocatalysts have been prepared by mixing Fe or Co precursors, ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) as a nitrogen source, and an oxidized carbon. These materials were thermally treated at 800 °C or 1000 °C under nitrogen flow to produce four samples, named CoNC8, CoNC10, FeNC8, and FeNC10. They have been physicochemically characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) analyses have been carried out to investigate the performance of the nonprecious cathode catalysts, using a low amount of Pt (0.7 mg/cm²) at the anode side. It appears that FeNC8 is the best performing low-cost cathode catalyst in terms of higher oxygen reduction reaction activity and methanol tolerance.

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DMFCsmethanol-tolerant catalystsnon-PGM catalystsoxygen reduction reaction

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PMID30002292
PMCPMC6073984

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