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Metallic Organic Framework-Derived Fe, N, S co-doped Carbon as a Robust Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells

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  • Xiao Luo

    (College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434000, China)

  • Wuli Han

    (College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434000, China)

  • Han Ren

    (College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434000, China)

  • Qingzuo Zhuang

    (College of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434000, China)

Abstract

Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) provides a vital role for microbial fuel cells (MFCs) due to its slow reaction kinetics compared with the anodic oxidation reaction. How to develop new materials with low cost, high efficacy, and eco-friendliness which could replace platinum-based electrocatalysis is a challenge that we have to resolve. In this work, we accomplished this successfully by means of a facile strategy to synthesize a metallic organic framework-derived Fe, N, S co-doped carbon with FeS as the main phase. The Fe/S@N/C-0.5 catalyst demonstrated outstandingly enhanced ORR activity in neutral PBS and alkaline media, compared to that of commercial 20% Pt-C catalyst. Here, we started-up and operated two parallel single-chamber microbial fuel cells of an air cathode, and those cathode catalysts were Fe/S@N/C-0.5 and commercial Pt-C (20% Pt), respectively. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) elaborated that the Fe/S@N/C-0.5 composite did not change the polyhedron morphology of ZIF-8. According to X-ray diffractometry(XRD) curves, the main crystal phase of the resulted Fe/S@N/C-0.5 was FeS. The chemical environment of N, S, and Fe which are anticipated to be the high-efficiency active sites of ORR for MFCs were investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic(XPS). Nitrogen adsorption/desorption techniques were used to calculate the pore diameter distribution. In brief, the obtained Fe/S@N/C-0.5 material exhibited a pronounced reduction potential at 0.861 V (versus Reversible Hydrogen Electrode(RHE)) in 0.1M KOH solution and –0.03 V (vs. SCE) in the PBS solution, which both outperform the benchmark platinum-based catalysts. Fe/S@N/C-0.5-MFC had a higher Open Circuit Voltage(OCV) (0.71 V), stronger maximum power density (1196 mW/m 2 ), and larger output voltage (0.47 V) than the Pt/C-MFC under the same conditions.

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  • Xiao Luo & Wuli Han & Han Ren & Qingzuo Zhuang, 2019. "Metallic Organic Framework-Derived Fe, N, S co-doped Carbon as a Robust Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-19, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:20:p:3846-:d:275365
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    1. Halima Alnaqbi & Oussama El-Kadri & Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem & Sameer Al-Asheh, 2022. "Recent Progress in Metal-Organic Framework-Derived Chalcogenides (MX; X = S, Se) as Electrode Materials for Supercapacitors and Catalysts in Fuel Cells," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-25, November.

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