Abstract
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) has slow reaction rate that decrease the chemical conversion productivity in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) which has to be improved. Noble metals such as Pt nanoparticles supported on carbon (Pt/C) was considered the most essential catalyst in ORR despite their limitations including being rare and expensive, CO poisoning etc. In the past few years, nitrogen doped carbons (N–C) or zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIFs) derived (M-N-C) including single or bimetallic metals take attention due to their outstanding properties such as high surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, cost effectiveness, thermal and chemical stability which were used either as catalyst or supports for noble metal nanoparticles to improve the sluggish ORR in PEMFC cathode. This review briefly outlines conventional crystal preparation and activation of porous carbons derived from ZIFs and their green synthesis methods, followed by modern synthesis methods of nanostructured MNP/MOF composites and recently their ORR activity evaluation in PEMFC. Particular attention was given to the porous carbon supports derived from two kind of frameworks such as ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 which are the most frequently reported ORR electrocatalysts and/or supports in the literature.
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