P-functionalized carbon nanotubes promote highly stable electrocatalysts based on Fe-phthalocyanines for oxygen reduction: Experimental and computational studies
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Título: | P-functionalized carbon nanotubes promote highly stable electrocatalysts based on Fe-phthalocyanines for oxygen reduction: Experimental and computational studies |
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Autor/es: | Martínez-Sánchez, Beatriz | Cazorla-Amorós, Diego | Morallon, Emilia |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Electrocatálisis y Electroquímica de Polímeros | Materiales Carbonosos y Medio Ambiente |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Física | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Química Inorgánica | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Materiales |
Palabras clave: | Carbon nanotubes | Iron phthalocyanine | Oxygen reduction | Electrocatalysis | Axial ligand |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Química Física | Química Inorgánica |
Fecha de publicación: | 21-may-2022 |
Editor: | Elsevier |
Cita bibliográfica: | Journal of Energy Chemistry. 2022, 72: 276-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.05.024 |
Resumen: | Iron(II) phthalocyanines (FePc) supported on functionalized nanostructured carbon materials have been studied as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in an alkaline medium. Herein, two types of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been explored as support, Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Herringbone Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs and hCNTs, respectively), both electrochemically modified with ortho- aminophenylphosphonic acid (2APPA), which provides phosphate axial coordinating ligands for the immobilization of FePc molecules. All the catalysts were prepared via a facile incipient wetness impregnation method. Comprehensive experimental analysis together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations has demonstrated both the importance of the five-coordinated Fe macrocycles that favor the interaction between the FePc and the carbon support, as well as the effect of the CNT structure in the ORR. FePc axial coordination provides a better dispersion, leading to higher stability and a favorable electron redistribution that also tunes the ORR performance by lowering the stability of the reaction intermediates. Interestingly, such improvement occurs with a very low content of metal (∼1 wt% Fe), which is especially remarkable when hCNT support is employed. This work provides a novel strategy for the development of Fe-containing complexes as precious metal-free catalysts towards the ORR. |
Patrocinador/es: | B.M.-S. thanks the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain for the FPU grant (FPU18/05127). The authors would like to thank MCI/AEI and FEDER, UE (PID2019-105923RB-I00, RTI2018-095291-B-I00 projects) for the financial support. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/123981 |
ISSN: | 2095-4956 (Print) | 2096-885X (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.05.024 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2022 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. and Science Press. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2022.05.024 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - MCMA - Artículos de Revistas INV - GEPE - Artículos de Revistas |
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