Design of Fe and Cu bimetallic integration on N and F co-doped porous carbon material for oxygen reduction reaction

At present, fuel cell is considered to be one of the most ideal application technologies of hydrogen energy. In order to develop fuel cells on a large scale and in a sustainable way, low platinum or non-platinum oxygen reduction catalyst has become a research hotspot. In this work, a kind of doped carbon-based catalyst MPFe1Cu1-850 is prepared by high temperature synthesis. The catalyst has an ultra-thin lamellar porous structure. In an acidic medium, the MPFe1Cu1-850 displays good oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity (ΔE1/2 = 0.725 V). In addition, it shows better stability (91%) and higher methanol tolerance than that of commercial Pt/C catalyst. In our catalyst MPFe1Cu1-850, the contents of nitrogen, iron and copper are 10.31 at.%, 0.51 at.%, and 0.50 at.%, respectively. This work shows that high N content, and the proper ratio of iron to copper (Fe:Cu = 1:1), are conducive to the enhancement of ORR activity.