Recent Progress in Diamond-based Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells

doi:10.15541/jim20160483

Abstract

Abstract:

Attributed to highly stable structure of sp³ hybridized carbon atoms, diamond has excellent physical and chemical stabilities. As new conductive diamond materials, boron-doped diamond (BDD) films and particles, as well as undoped nanodiamond (ND) has become the ideal support of the high stability electrocatalysts for fuel cells. Futher investigation showed that the activity and stability of electrocatalysts could be futher improved if the new diamond materials were properly processed. The doping treatment, including doping into diamond and the graphite structure from conversion of diamond, was used to produce diamond-based non-Pt electrocatalysts for fuel cells. It was considered that the sp³ structure of diamond played a unique role in enhancing the stability of diamond-based non-Pt electrocatalysts. In this paper, related studies of diamond-based electrocatalysts were summarized for the references of future study.

Key words: diamond, fuel cell, durability, review

CLC Number:

TQ152

DONG Liang, WANG Yan-Hui, ZANG Jian-Bing. Recent Progress in Diamond-based Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cells[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2017, 32(7): 673-680.

Figures/Tables 5

Fig. 1 Schematic illustration of losing activity the catalysts by oxidized carbon support

Fig. 2 CV curves of Pt/C(Pt/E-Tek), Pt/HDP and Pt/ODP in COads 0.5 mol/L H2SO4[42]

Fig. 3 (a) Changes of Pt/C, Pt/ND@G-1300 and Pt/ND@G-1600 ESA related (vs. initial) with cycle number, (b) half-wave potentials of Pt/GND1300, Pt/GND1600 and Pt/C before and after ADT[51]

Fig. 4 The procedures for VA-BND preparation[52]

Fig. 5 I-t curves for Co-N-C/ND and Co-N-C in O2-saturated 0.1 mol/L KOH solution[57]

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