A nickel-based pectin coordination polymer as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

M. K. Kadirov; S. T. Minzanova; I. R. Nizameev; L. G. Mironova; I. F. Gilmutdinov; M. N. Khrizanforov; K. V. Kholin; A. R. Khamatgalimov; V. A. Semyonov; V. I. Morozov; D. M. Kadirov; A. R. Mukhametzyanov; Yu. H. Budnikova; O. G. Sinyashin

doi:10.1039/C7QI00770A

A nickel-based pectin coordination polymer as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells†

M. K. Kadirov,

*^ab S. T. Minzanova,^a I. R. Nizameev,

^ac L. G. Mironova,^a I. F. Gilmutdinov,^d M. N. Khrizanforov,^a K. V. Kholin,^ab A. R. Khamatgalimov,

^a V. A. Semyonov,

^b V. I. Morozov,^a D. M. Kadirov,^b A. R. Mukhametzyanov,^b Yu. H. Budnikova

^a and O. G. Sinyashin^a

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^a A.E. Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Akad. Arbuzov Str., Kazan 420088, Russia
E-mail: kadirovmarsil@gmail.com

^b Kazan National Technological Research University, 68, K. Marx str., Kazan 420015, Russia

^c Kazan National Technical Research University, 10, K. Marx str., Kazan 420111, Russia

^d Kazan Federal University, 18, Kremlyovskaya str., Kazan 420008, Russia

Abstract

Membrane-electrode assemblies (MEA) with a cathode catalyst made of a nickel sodium pectate complex PG-NaNi with a 25% substitution of sodium for nickel, and with a commercial anode catalyst made of platinum black have been successfully created. Tests in a H₂/O₂ proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) yielded the values of the maximum current density of 59 mA cm⁻² and the maximum power density of 5.9 mW cm⁻². These results permit the development of environmentally friendly and stable cathode catalysts for PEMFCs made of a readily available biological raw material, pectin.

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A nickel-based pectin coordination polymer as an oxygen reduction reaction catalyst for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells†

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