Abstract
Knitted iron phthalocyanine-based porous polymer networks (K-FePcs) were prepared in a single step using solvent-knitting strategies with commercial iron phthalocyanine as a building monomer. The incorporation of different aryl comonomers (biphenyl and 1,2,4,5-tetraphenylbenzene) to FePc allowed quantitative yields, high porosities, and excellent ORR activity. The reversible Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox potential of FeN4 centers of the knitted polymer networks in N2-saturated electrolyte solution (i.e., ∼0.8 V vs RHE) were shown as good descriptors of their ORR activity. K-FePc2Ph presented the highest amount of FeN4 active sites and an adequate degree of steric hindrance to maintain the isolation between catalytically active sites. Moreover, it displayed comparable current density limits and superior mass activity and half-wave potential (i.e., 0.88 V vs RHE) than those of 20% Pt/C benchmark catalyst, while keeping higher stability toward methanol oxidation. K-FePc2Ph can be an interesting alternative to Pt-based ORR electrocatalysts.
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