2009 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Macrocycles for Fuel Cell Cathodes
verfasst von : K. Oyaizu, H. Murata, Makoto Yuasa
Erschienen in: Molecular Catalysts for Energy Conversion
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The direct four-electron reduction of O
2
to H
2
O is an important issue in developing efficient cathode catalysts for fuel cells. Cobaltporphyrins have been demonstrated to serve as catalysts for the four-electron reduction of O
2
, especially in the forms of dicobalt cofacial porphyrins and multinuclear cobaltporphyrins. Simple cobaltporphyrins with spontaneous face-to-face aggregation properties are also expected as efficient catalysts. For practical application as fuel cell cathode catalysts, it is necessary to use cobaltporphyrins dispersed on carbon particles with high surface area. Here, the recent developments on porphyrin-based catalysts and attempts to prepare face-to-face aggregates of cobaltporphyrins adsorbed dispersively on carbon black are summarized. The catalyst has been prepared by using a homogenizer in mixing cobaltporphyrin and carbon black, which gives rise to electroreduction of O
2
at a remarkably positive potential and shows a high selectivity for the direct four-electron reduction process.