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Fe -N -doped carbon materials (Fe -N -C) are promising candidates for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) relative to Pt -based catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, the intrinsic contributions of Fe -N4 moiety with different chemical/spin states (e.g. D1, D2, D3) to ORR are unclear since various states coexist inevitably. In the present work, Fe -N -C core-shell nanocatalyst with single lowspin Fe(II)-N4 species (D1) is synthesized and identified with ex -situ ultralow temperature M & ouml;ssbauer spectroscopy (T = 1.6 K) that could essentially differentiate various Fe -N4 states and invisible Fe -O species. By quantifying with CO -pulse chemisorption, site density and turnover frequency of Fe -N -C catalysts reach 2.4 x 1019 site g-1 and 23 e site -1 s-1 during the ORR, respectively. Half -wave potential (0.915 VRHE) of the Fe -N -C catalyst is more positive (approximately 54 mV) than that of Pt/C. Moreover, we observe that the performance of PEMFCs on Fe -N -C almost achieves the 2025 target of the US Department of Energy by demonstrating a current density of 1.037 A cm -2 combined with the peak power density of 0.685 W cm -2, suggesting the critical role of Fe(II)-N4 site (D1). After 500 h of running, PEMFCs still deliver a power density of 1.26 W cm -2 at 1.0 bar H2 -O2. An unexpected rate -determining step is figured out by isotopic labelling experiment and theoretical calculation. This work not only offers valuable insights regarding the intrinsic contribution of Fe -N4 with a single spin state to alkaline/acidic ORR, but also provides great opportunities for developing high-performance stable PEMFCs. (c) 2024 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by ELSEVIER B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.
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JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
ISSN: 2095-4956
CN: 10-1287/O6
Year: 2024
Volume: 93
Page: 538-546
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