Browsing by Author "Feng, Hanqing"

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    Biomass-derived activated carbon as high-performance non-precious electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013) Wang, Keliang; Wang, Hui; Ji, Shan; Feng, Hanqing; Linkov, Vladimir; Wang, Rongfang
    A new type of Fe and N doped carbon material is synthesized by pyrolyzing ferric chloride doped egg white (EW) and the proposed synthetic route is easy, green, and low-cost. In addition, the as-prepared sample exhibits a feasible magnetism and comparable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity to commercial Pt/C.
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    Montmorillonite modified by CNx supported Pt for methanol oxidation
    (Elsevier, 2013) Wang, Rongfang; Zhou, Tianbao; Qiu, Xiaoli; Wang, Hui; Wang, Qizhao; Feng, Hanqing; Linkov, Vladimir; Ji, Shan
    A composite support based on nature clay, i.e. montmorillonite (MMT), shows great promise as support materials for Pt electrocatalyst for the methanol oxidation reaction in fuel cell anodes. The reported composite support (CNx-MMT) was prepared via carbonizing MMT which was covered by N-contented polymer. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy results showed that Pt nanoparticles can be well-dispersed on the composite support with highly dispersed tiny crystal Pt nanoparticles. Cyclic voltammetry measurements showed that the Pt/CNx-MMT has the enhanced electrocatalytic activity in methanol oxidation reaction. The developed Pt catalyst supported on new composite support is catalytically more active for methanol electrooxidation than Pt supported on the conventional carbon support and shows good stability, offering promising potential for application of MMT as support for fuel cell electrocatalysis.