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Nanocatalyst FeN4/C molecular orbital behaviour for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in cathode Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC)
Sahriah Basri1, Siti Kartom Kamarudin2.
Approaching commercialization phase of Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) technology, developing high kinetic rate active
area with inexpensive non-precious metal catalyst (NPMC) for ORR catalyst materials to replace currently used Pt-based
catalysts is a compulsory and crucial requirement in order to reduce the catalyst and overall system cost. Thus, the
objective of this study is to describe the molecule orbital behavior of NPMC FeN4 /C and discuss of recent works in the
area of non-precious metal electrocatalys for ORR. Several important kinds of free energy study for carbon supported nonprecious
metal electrocatalys for ORR by using density functional theory (DFT) in CASTEP module analysis. The properties
of FeN4 /C nanocatalyst were studied, and their energy properties, band structure and density of state were evaluated
accordingly. Besides, electronic properties of the nanostructure of FeN4 /C also calculated. The results indicated that
optimized geometry shows the oxygen in 3.699 Ao from the catalyst opposite with the Fe atom. Moreover, HOMO occurs
in the orbitals 173 and LUMO occur in orbitals 174 and the band gap -0.82 proved that FeN4 /C nanostructure catalyst
is conductive and suitable to use as catalyst in fuel cell.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
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