Metal-Containing Ceramic Composite with in Situ Grown Carbon Nanotube as a Cathode Catalyst for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery

The development of new air-breathing cathode catalyst not only addresses the performance of fuel cells and metal–air batteries but also make them cheaper. Herein, we developed a new, metal containing (Ni, Co, Pt and their alloys) ceramic composite as a cathode electrocatalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) and zinc–air battery (ZAB) application. The porous ceramic foams were generated with the help of a sacrificial template method in which polystyrene beads were infiltrated with a polysiloxane precursor. With addition of metal salts into the porous ceramic matrix, the formation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by applying catalyst-assisted pyrolysis was facilitated. The in situ grown CNTs in composite ceramic affect the charge transport and drastically improved the electrical conductivity of up to 6 orders in magnitude compared with the bare ceramics (H.A). The best performing Ni-containing ceramics (H.A.Ni) show improved oxygen reduction activity in half-cell measurements and for AEMFC delivered...

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