화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.64, 1-15, August, 2018
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2018.02.021  Export Citation
A review of approaches for the design of high-performance metal/ graphene electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications
Jiamin Liu, Hyoung Jin Choi1, †, and Long-Yue Meng†
  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of the Changbai Mountain and Functional Molecules, Yanbian University, Park Road 977, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, PR China
  • 1Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, South Korea
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Metal/graphene electrocatalysts have attracted growing attention in recent years due to their high catalyst loadings, good activity, and high stabilities. In this review, we summarize various approaches towards improving the efficiencies of metal/graphene electrocatalysts in terms of both cost and performance, based on optimization of the graphene support and the metal catalyst particles themselves. Thus, four different approaches are examined: (1) increasing the catalyst/support binding energy, (2) inducing additional anchoring and active sites, (3) enlarging the effective catalyst surface areas, and (4) enhancing the intrinsic catalytic activity through modification of the electronic structure. Finally, remarks on necessary future work in this area will be given in the context of producing metal/graphene electrocatalysts better suited to fuel cell applications.
Keywords:Metal;Graphene;Electrocatalysts;Fuel cell
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