Issue 43, 2023

Atomic metal coordinated to nitrogen-doped carbon electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a perspective on progress, pitfalls and prospectives

Abstract

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells require reduced construction costs to improve commercial viability, which can be fueled by elimination of platinum as the O2 reduction electrocatalyst. The past 10 years has seen significant developments in synthesis, characterisation, and electrocatalytic performance of the most promising alternative electrocatalyst; single metal atoms coordinated to nitrogen-doped carbon (M-N-C). In this Perspective we recap some of the important achievements of M-N-Cs in the last decade, as well as discussing current knowledge gaps and future research directions for the community. We provide a new outlook on M-N-C stability and atomistic understanding with a set of original density functional theory simulations.

Graphical abstract: Atomic metal coordinated to nitrogen-doped carbon electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a perspective on progress, pitfalls and prospectives

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
07 8 2023
Accepted
05 10 2023
First published
05 10 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,11, 23211-23222

Atomic metal coordinated to nitrogen-doped carbon electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a perspective on progress, pitfalls and prospectives

A. Pedersen, A. Bagger, J. Barrio, F. Maillard, I. E. L. Stephens and M. Titirici, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 23211 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA04711C

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