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    The recent progress and future of oxygen reduction reaction catalysis: A review

    Stacy, J, Regmi, YN ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6588-7683, Leonard, B and Fan, M (2017) The recent progress and future of oxygen reduction reaction catalysis: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 69. pp. 401-414. ISSN 1364-0321

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    Abstract

    © 2016 Elsevier Ltd Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) technology is an exciting alternative energy prospect, especially in the field of transportation. PEMFCs are three times as efficient as internal combustion (IC) engines and emit only water as a byproduct. The latter point is especially important in a day and age when climate change is upon us. However, platinum required to catalyze the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) which takes place on the cathode of the PEMFC has rendered fuel cell automobiles economically unviable until now. Therefore, the pursuit of an inexpensive replacement for platinum has become an active research area. This review covers the promising progress made in this field since 2011. Some of the more promising catalysts reviewed include alloys such as Pt/Pd nanotubes which outperform their platinum counterpart by nine fold and a Pt/Ni alloy which improves upon Pt activity by 16 times. Platinum-free catalysts such as iron carbide and modified graphene which rival Pt activity are also reviewed.

    Item Type: Article
    Peer-reviewed: Yes
    Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2020 09:25
    Publisher: Elsevier
    Additional Information: This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, published by and copyright Elsevier.
    Divisions: Faculties > Science and Engineering
    Research Centres > Advanced Materials and Surface Engineering
    Subject terms: Oxygen reduction reaction, d-Band shift, Pt-alloys, Precious-metal-free catalysts, Metal-free catalysts, Science & Technology, Technology, Green & Sustainable Science & Technology, Energy & Fuels, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Metal-free electrocatalysts, Fuel-cells, Monolayer electrocatalysts, Efficient catalysts, Alloy nanoparticles, Facile synthesis, Active-sites, AT-PT, Platinum, Carbon
    URI: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/624897
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.09.135
    ISSN 1364-0321
    e-ISSN 1879-0690

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