Fe–N–C electrocatalysts in the oxygen and nitrogen cycles in alkaline media: the role of iron carbide
Tomer Y. Burshtein, Denial Aias, Jin Wang, Matan Sananis, Eliyahu M. Farber, Oz M. Gazit, Ilya Grinberg, David Eisenberg
Abstract
Iron carbide, a ubiquitous component of Fe–N–C material, is found to be electrocatalytically inactive towards hydrazine oxidation and oxygen reduction in alkaline media, through a combined experimental and computational study.
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ElectrocatalystCarbideCatalysisOxidizing agentPyrolytic carbonChemistryCarbon fibersNitrogenInorganic chemistryOxygenOxygen evolutionChemical engineeringMaterials sciencePyrolysisElectrochemistryElectrodeOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryComposite materialComposite numberEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceCatalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies