Design and synthesis of nitrogen-containing calcined polymer/carbon nanotube hybrids that act as a platinum-free oxygen reduction fuel cell catalyst

Tsuyohiko Fujigaya; Takeshi Uchinoumi; Kenji Kaneko; Naotoshi Nakashima

doi:10.1039/c1cc11303h

Design and synthesis of nitrogen-containing calcined polymer/carbon nanotube hybrids that act as a platinum-free oxygen reduction fuel cell catalyst

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 28;47(24):6843-5. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11303h. Epub 2011 May 11.

Authors

Tsuyohiko Fujigaya¹, Takeshi Uchinoumi, Kenji Kaneko, Naotoshi Nakashima

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan.

PMID: 21562659
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11303h

Abstract

The development of a platinum-free catalyst is one of the challenging issues for the global commercialization of fuel cell systems. Here we describe the design and synthesis of nitrogen-containing calcined polybenzimidazole/carbon nanotube hybrids that act as an oxygen reduction catalyst.