Abstract
Different Me–N–C catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) are synthesized using Me(II)-phthalocyanines (Me = Fe, Co, Cu, Zn) as a unique precursor molecule, and SBA-15 silica as a sacrificial template. The influence of different transition metals on the pyrolysis process and the consequent physical–chemical properties of the final catalysts were investigated using different characterization techniques such as N2 physisorption, FESEM, EDX, XPS, XRD, and thermogravimetric analysis coupled with mass spectrometry (TGA-MS). The ORR activity and selectivity toward a complete 4-electrons reaction were assessed by RDE analysis in alkaline conditions. The ORR activity of the different Me–N–C catalysts decreases in the order Fe > Co > Cu > Zn ≈ H. Microporosity, pyridinic nitrogen content and temperature at which H2 starts to be detected during the pyrolysis are directly related to the ORR activity of the different catalysts.
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