Abstract
Abstract Acquiring effective, durable and economical non-precious metal electrocatalysts is crucial for the widespread utilization of fuel cells. In this work, an iron/manganese oxide nanocomposite (Fe-MnO@Fe) is synthesized as a novel electrocatalyst by direct-current (DC) arc plasma technology integrating transition metal and transition metal oxide. The Fe-MnO@Fe catalyst demonstrates excellent catalytic performance. By modulating the percentage of transition metal and transition metal oxide in the composite, the largest current density values of methanol and ethanol oxidation of the composite reach 20.18 and 7.83 mA/cm2, respectively. In addition, the composite catalyst exhibits excellent stability and conductivity, and the catalyst greatly reduces the experimental cost relative to the noble metal catalysts, indicating that the composite is a potential fuel cell catalyst candidate and provides an innovative concept for creation non-precious metal catalysts.
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