Synthesis a carbon base cathode with using of metal organic Frameworks

The bottleneck of the commercialization for fuel cell technologies lies in the high expense of platinum group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts for catalyzing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode.1−2 To address this issue, the exploration of high-performance and cost-effective non-PGM electrocatalysts is of vital importance. Transition-metal and nitrogen codoped nanocarbons (TM−N−C, TM: Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, etc.) are regarded as one kind of promising non-PGM ORR electrocatalysts because of their outstanding electrocatalytic activity, superior electrochemical stability, and methanol tolerance. There are increasing demands toward the efficient catalysts in cathode of fuel cells. Fuel cells are the suitable items to be a promising vehicle of energy generation. Nodaway, one of the most promising candidates to replace communications catalyst (Pt/C) in cathode is using metal organic Frameworks, where metal and nitrogen embedded in carbon matrix are regarded active site for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.