Highly efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts prepared from one-pot synthesized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Dan Zhao; Jiang-Lan Shui; Lauren R Grabstanowicz; Chen Chen; Sean M Commet; Tao Xu; Jun Lu; Di-Jia Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201304238

Highly efficient non-precious metal electrocatalysts prepared from one-pot synthesized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks

Adv Mater. 2014 Feb;26(7):1093-7. doi: 10.1002/adma.201304238. Epub 2013 Dec 19.

Authors

Dan Zhao¹, Jiang-Lan Shui, Lauren R Grabstanowicz, Chen Chen, Sean M Commet, Tao Xu, Jun Lu, Di-Jia Liu

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA.

PMID: 24357431
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304238

Abstract

A facile synthesis of non-PGM ORR electrocatalysts through thermolysis of one-pot synthesized ZIF is demonstrated. The electrocatalysts exhibit excellent activity, with a maximum volumetric current density of 88.1 A cm(-3) measured at 0.8 V in PEFC tests. This approach not only makes ZIFs-based electrocatalysts easy to scale up, but also paves the way for the tailored synthesis of electrocatalysts.

Keywords: catalysis; fuel cells; metal-organic frameworks; oxygen reduction reactions; solid-state synthesis.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.