Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Studies of selectivity of oxygen reduction reaction in acidic electrolyte on electrodes modified by products of pyrolysis of polyacrylonitrile and metalloporphyrins

  • Published:
Russian Journal of Electrochemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The rotating disk electrode technique was used to study in 0.5 M H2SO4 catalytic properties of products of pyrolysis of the metal-free polyacrylonitrile/carbon black composite, polyacrylonitrile/iron/carbon black composite, and also supported pyropolymers of Co(II) tetramethoxyphenyl porphyrine (CoTMPP) and Fe(III) tetramethoxyphenyl porphyrin chloride (FeTMPPCl). It is shown that the metal-free polyacrylonitrile/carbon black composite catalyzes the oxygen reduction reaction via the parallel path. Addition of up to 2% of Fe into the composite results in abrupt growth of the catalytic activity and share of the four-electron reaction, which provides the parallel–serial reaction path. The parallel reaction with no further catalytic conversion of H2O2 occurs on catalysts of the CoTMPP/Vulcan XC72 and FeTMPPCl/Vulcan XC72 series. The chemical composition is one of the key factors affecting activity and selectivity of CoTMPP/Vulcan XC72 catalysts. An increase in the precursor content from 5 to 30% is accompanied by an increase in selectivity k 1/k 2 from 0.14–0.30 to 0.5–1.7, where k 1 is the rate constant of the reaction of O2 reduction to H2O, k 2 is the rate constant of the reaction of O2 reduction to H2O2.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Jasinski, R., Nature, 1964, vol. 201, p. 1212.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Jasinski, R., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1965, vol. 112, p. 526.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Jahnke, H., Schonborn, M., and Zimermann, G., Top. Curr. Chem., 1976, vol. 61, p. 133.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Zimmermann, G., Schonborn, M., Magenau, H., Jahnke, H., and Becker, B., US Patent 3930884, 1976.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Levina, O.A. and Radyushkina, K.A, USSR Inventor’s Certificate no. 542416, 1977.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Bagotzky, V.S., Tarasevich, M.R., Radyushkina, K.A., Levina, O.A., and Andrusyova, S.I., J. Power Sources, 1977/1978, vol. 2, p. 233.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Gupta, S.L., Tryk, D., Bae, I., Aldred, W., and Yeager, E., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1989, vol. 134, p. C129.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Strickland, K., Miner, E., Jia, Q., Tylus, U., Ramaswamy, N., Liang, W., Sougrati, M.-T., Jaouen, F., and Mukerjee, S., Nat. Commun., 2015, vol. 6, p. 7343.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Shui, J., Wang, M., Du, F., and Dai, L., Sci. Adv., 2015, vol. 1, no. 1.

    Google Scholar 

  10. Tsivadze, A.Yu, Tarasevich, M.R., Kuzov, A.V., Kuznetsova, L.N., Lozovaya, O.V., and Davydova, E.S., Dokl. Phys. Chem., 2012, vol. 442, no. 2, p. 45.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Jaouen, F., Herranz, J., Lefèvre, M., Dodelet, J.P., Kramm, U.I., Herrmann, I., Bogdanoff, P., Maruyama, J., Nagaoka, T., Garsuch, A., Dahn, J.R., Olson, T., Pylypenko, S., Atanassov, P., and Ustinov, E.A., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2009, vol. 1, p. 1623.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Tarasevich, M.R., Bogdanovskaya, V.A., and Andreev, V.N., Catal. Ind., 2014, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 159.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Tarasevich, M.R., Bogdanovskaya, V.A., Gavrilov, Yu.G., Zhutaeva, G.V., Kazanskii, L.P., Koltsova, E.M., Kuzov, A.V., Lozovaya, O.V., Modestov, A.D., Radina, M.V., and Filimonov, V.Ya., Prot. Met. Phys. Chem. Surf., 2013, vol. 49, p. 125.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Guterman, A.V., Pakhomova, E.B., Guterman, V.E., Kabirov, Yu.V., and Grigor’ev, V.P., Inorg. Mater., 2009, vol. 45, p. 767.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Davydova, E.S., Russ. J. Electrochem., 2013, vol. 49, p. 733.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Bonakdarpour, A., Dahn, T.R., Atanasoski, R.T., Debe, M.K., and Dahn, J.R., Electrochem. Solid. State Lett., 2008, vol. 11, p. B208.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Feng, Y., He, T., and Alonso-Vante, N., Electrochim. Acta, 2009, vol. 54, p. 5252.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Biddinger, E.J., von Deak, D., Singh, D., Marsh, H., Tan, B., Knapke, D.S., and Ozkan, U.S., J. Electrochem. Soc., 2011, vol. 158, p. B402.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Wu, G., More, K.L., Johnston, C.M., and Zelenay, P., Science, 2011, vol. 332, p. 443.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Sun, T., Wu, Q., Che, R., Bu, Y., Jiang, Y., Li, Y., Yang, L., Wang, X., and Hu, Z., ACS Catal., 2015, vol. 5, p. 1857.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Jacobs, R.C.M., Janssen, L.J.J., and Barendrecht, E., Electrochim. Acta, 1985, vol. 30, p. 1085.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Alonso-Vante, N., Tributsch, H., and Solorza-Feria, O., Electrochim. Acta, 1995, vol. 40, p. 567.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Durón, S., Rivera-Noriega, R., and Solorza-Feria, O., J. New Mater. Electrochem. Syst., 2001, vol. 4, p. 17.

    Google Scholar 

  24. Bouwkamp-Wijnoltz, A.L., Visscher, W., and van Veen, J.A.R., Electrochim. Acta, 1998, vol. 43, p. 3141.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Lefèvre, M. and Dodelet, J.-P., Electrochim. Acta, 2003, vol. 48, p. 2749.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Dodelet, J.P., N4-Macrocyclic Metal Complexes: Electrocatalysis. Electrophotochemistry and Biomimetic Electroanalysis, New York: Springer Sci. + Business Media. Inc., 2006, p. 83.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  27. Davydova, E.S. and Tarasevich, M.R., Prot. Met. Phys. Chem. Surf., 2015, vol. 51, p. 240.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Schmidt, T.J. and Gasteiger, H.A., Handbook of Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, vol. 2, p. 316.

    Google Scholar 

  29. Tarasevich, M.R., Khrushcheva, E.I., and Filinovskii, V.Yu., Vrashchayushchiisya diskovyi elektrod s kol’tsom (Rotating Ring–Disk Electrode), Moscow: Nauka, 1987.

    Google Scholar 

  30. Borja-Arco, E., Jimenez Sandoval, O., Escalante-Garcia, J., and Sandoval-Gonzalez, A., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2011, vol. 36, p. 103.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    E. S. Davydova & M. R. Tarasevich

Authors
  1. E. S. Davydova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. R. Tarasevich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to E. S. Davydova.

Additional information

Original Russian Text © E.S. Davydova, M.R. Tarasevich, 2016, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 1131–1139.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Davydova, E.S., Tarasevich, M.R. Studies of selectivity of oxygen reduction reaction in acidic electrolyte on electrodes modified by products of pyrolysis of polyacrylonitrile and metalloporphyrins. Russ J Electrochem 52, 1007–1014 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193516110021

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193516110021

Keywords

Search

Navigation