Nature Communications (Apr 2019)
Synergistic Mn-Co catalyst outperforms Pt on high-rate oxygen reduction for alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells
- Ying Wang,
- Yao Yang,
- Shuangfeng Jia,
- Xiaoming Wang,
- Kangjie Lyu,
- Yanqiu Peng,
- He Zheng,
- Xing Wei,
- Huan Ren,
- Li Xiao,
- Jianbo Wang,
- David A. Muller,
- Héctor D. Abruña,
- Bing Joe Hwang,
- Juntao Lu,
- Lin Zhuang
Affiliations
- Ying Wang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Yao Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca
- Shuangfeng Jia
- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Electron Microscopy, MOE Key Laboratory of Artificial Studies, Wuhan University
- Xiaoming Wang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Kangjie Lyu
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Yanqiu Peng
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- He Zheng
- School of Physics and Technology, Center for Electron Microscopy, MOE Key Laboratory of Artificial Studies, Wuhan University
- Xing Wei
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Huan Ren
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Li Xiao
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Jianbo Wang
- The Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University
- David A. Muller
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca
- Héctor D. Abruña
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Lab, Cornell University, Ithaca
- Bing Joe Hwang
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Juntao Lu
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- Lin Zhuang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09503-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Alkaline polymer electrolyte fuel cells are promising power sources, but performance is limited by catalytic activity. Here the authors report a non-precious metal-based catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction that imparts outstanding fuel cell performance.
