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Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on multi-walled carbon nanotube supported copper and manganese phthalocyanines in alkaline media

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Manganese phthalocyanine (MnPc) and copper phthalocyanine (CuPc)-modified electrodes were prepared using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a support material. The catalyst materials were heat treated at four different temperatures to investigate the effect of pyrolysis on the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of these electrocatalysts. The MWCNT to metal phthalocyanine ratio was varied. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was employed to visualise the surface morphology of the electrodes and the x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) study was carried out to analyse the surface composition of the most active catalyst materials. The ORR was studied in 0.1 M KOH solution employing the rotating disk electrode (RDE) method. Glassy carbon (GC) electrodes were modified with carbon nanotube-supported metal phthalocyanine catalysts using Tokuyama AS-4 ionomer. The RDE results revealed that the highest electrocatalytic activity for ORR was achieved upon heat treatment at 800 °C. CuPc-derived catalyst demonstrated lower catalytic activity as compared to the MnPc-derived counterpart, which is in good agreement with previous literature, whereas the activity of MnPc-based catalyst was higher than that reported earlier.

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This research was financially supported by institutional research funding (IUT20-16 and IUT02-24) and by the project TK117T of the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research and by the Estonian Research Council (Grant No. 9323).

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  1. Institute of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14a, 50411, Tartu, Estonia

    Kätlin Kaare, Ivar Kruusenberg, Väino Sammelselg & Kaido Tammeveski

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Ravila 14c, 50411, Tartu, Estonia

    Maido Merisalu, Leonard Matisen & Väino Sammelselg

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This paper is dedicated to Professor José H. Zagal on the occasion of his 65th birthday and in recognition of his contribution to electrochemistry.

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Kaare, K., Kruusenberg, I., Merisalu, M. et al. Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction on multi-walled carbon nanotube supported copper and manganese phthalocyanines in alkaline media. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 921–929 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2990-9

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