- Title
- Molecular catalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction by iron porphyrin catalysts tethered into Nafion layers
- Creator
- He, Qinggang, Mugadza, Tawanda, Kang, Xiongwu, Zhu, Xiaobing, Chen, Shaowei, Kerr, John, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/243168
- Identifier
- vital:51123
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.05.043"
- Description
- This study was motivated by the need for improved understanding of the kinetics and transport phenomena in a homogeneous catalyst system for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Direct interaction between the sulfonic groups of Nafion and an Fe(III) meso-tetra(N-methyl-4-pyridyl) porphine chloride (Fe(III)TMPyP) compound was observed using FTIR and in situ UV–Vis spectroelectrochemical characterizations. A positive shift of the half wave potential value (E1/2) for ORR on the iron porphyrin catalyst (Fe(III)TMPyP) was observed upon addition of a specific quantity of Nafion ionomer on a glassy carbon working electrode, indicating not only a faster charge transfer rate but also the role of protonation in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) process. A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was made as a sandwich of a Pt-coated anode, a Nafion® 212 membrane, and a Fe(III)TMPyP + Nafion ionomer-coated cathode. This three-dimensional catalysis system has been demonstrated to be working in a H2/O2 proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell test.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (9 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Power Sources, He, Q., Mugadza, T., Kang, X., Zhu, X., Chen, S., Kerr, J. and Nyokong, T., 2012. Molecular catalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction by iron porphyrin catalysts tethered into Nafion layers: An electrochemical study in solution and a membrane-electrode-assembly study in fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 216, pp.67-75, Journal of Power Sources volume 216 p. 67 2012 1873-2755
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