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ArticleCommunications chemistry2025

Impact of ionomers on porous Fe-N-C catalysts for alkaline oxygen reduction in gas diffusion electrodes.

Jinjie Zhu, Angus Pedersen, Simon Kellner, Robert D Hunter, Jesús Barrio

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Article in Communications chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jinjie ZhuDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Angus PedersenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. a.pedersen19@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1133-0377
Simon KellnerDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Robert D HunterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
Jesús BarrioDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. j.barrio-hermida@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2667

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RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W031019/1RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/W524323/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alkaline exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) offer a promising alternative to the traditional fossil fuel due to their ability to use inexpensive platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts, which could potentially replace Platinum-based catalysts. Iron coordinated in nitrogen-doped carbon (Fe-N-C) single atom electrocatalysts offer the best Pt-free ORR activities. However, most research focuses on material development in alkaline conditions, with limited attention on catalyst layer fabrication. Here, we demonstrate how the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance of a porous Fe-N-C catalyst is affected by the choice of three different commercial ionomers and the ionomer-to-catalyst ratio (I/C). A Mg-templated Fe-N-C is employed as a catalyst owing to the electrochemical accessibility of the Fe sites, and the impact of ionomer properties and coverage were studied and correlated with the electrochemical performance in a gas-diffusion electrode (GDE). The catalyst layer with Nafion at I/C = 2.8 displayed the best activity at high current densities (0.737 ± 0.01 V

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PMID39891015
PMCPMC11785744

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