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- Huang, Linzhe, et al.
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Facile synthesis of NS@UiO-66 porous carbon for efficient oxygen reduction reaction in microbial fuel cells
- 2022
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Ingår i: Journal of Power Sources. - : ELSEVIER. - 0378-7753 .- 1873-2755. ; 544
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Exploiting a facile way to synthesize low-cost and high-performance oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts is a core issue in microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Hence, a facile and extensible method has been developed to prepare efficient ORR catalysts by using robust UiO-66 as a precursor, modified with melamine and trithiocyanuric via the impregnation method. Benefiting from the hierarchical structure of UiO-66, the NS@UiO-66 has excellent stability, more active sites and improved mass transfer. Significantly, the half-wave potential and the current density of the NS@UiO-66 are 0.546 V vs. RHE and 6.19 mA cm(-2) respectively, which is better than that of benchmark Pt/C in neutral conditions. Furthermore, the power density of MFCs assembled with the NS@UiO-66 catalyst is 318.6 +/- 2.15 mW m(-2). The density functional theory calculation demonstrates that the reaction barrier can be reduced effectively for accelerating the ORR process through the synergistic effect of N and S. The NS@UiO-66, as an ideal candidate to substitute for the commercial Pt/C counterpart, is expected to promote the scaling-up production and application of MFCs due to low-cost elements doping and facilely synthetic method.
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- Zhong, Kengqiang, et al.
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Enhanced oxygen reduction upon Ag/Fe co-doped UiO-66-NH2-derived porous carbon as bacteriostatic catalysts in microbial fuel cells
- 2021
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Ingår i: Carbon. - : PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. - 0008-6223 .- 1873-3891. ; 183, s. 62-75
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As a promising energy storage/conversion technology, the microbial fuel cell (MFC) is generally restricted by the biofouling on the cathode and the sluggish kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Consequently, developing bacteriostatic and high-performance ORR catalysts is critical for the large-scale application of MFC. Herein, we prepare an electrocatalyst of porous octahedral zirconium-based metal organic framework (MOF) UiO-66-NH2 with dispersed Ag and Fe3C nanoparticles (Ag/Fe-N-C) through a facile impregnation and pyrolysis method for an efficient alkaline and neutral ORR. Systematic experimental results demonstrate that the synergistic effect of Ag and Fe can optimize the d-band center of catalyst to boost the interfacial charge transfer, thus resulting in an increased ORR kinetics. As expected, the catalyst with Ag/Fe-N-C-2:1 exhibits outstanding onset potential (1.01 V vs. RHE) and half-wave potential (0.58 V vs. RHE) in neutral electrolyte, which is comparable to Pt/C catalyst. Meanwhile, Ag/Fe-N-C-2:1 indicates obvious antibacterial activity, inhibiting the biofouling on the cathode surface. The MFC with the Ag/Fe-N-C-2:1 as the cathode catalyst can achieve a maximum power density of 1261.1 +/- 24 mW m(-3), outperforms the MFC with Pt/C (1087.5 +/- 14 mW m(-3)). In summary, Ag/Fe-N-C2:1 composite can serve as a feasible alternative cathode catalyst for MFC. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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