A kind of cobalt atom is anchored on the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber and its preparation
Methods and applications
Technical field
The invention belongs to novel energy resource material technology and electrochemical catalysis fields, and in particular to a kind of cobalt atom is anchored on carbon
Monatomic catalyst of cobalt on nanofiber and its preparation method and application.
Background technique
Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen are precipitated (OER) and usually carry out under the catalysis of precious metals pt, are clean energy resource production
Important reaction, such as metal-air battery and fuel cell.However, the scarcity of platinum and high cost seriously limit
Its business application.A kind of catalyst has been developed for substituting precious metals pt catalyst comprising on carbon support by
The stable transition metal ions of nitrogen functional group, including being pyrolyzed and non-pyrolytic nitrogen containing metal complex compound.For the nitrogenous gold of pyrolysis
Metal complex, they usually pass through is heat-treated transition metal salt appropriate at high temperature, prepared by nitrogen/Carbon based precursor.Insertion
M-Nx(x=2,4) are considered as active site and ORR the and OER catalytic activity for being responsible for enhancing.
But doping nitrogen-atoms carbon material may be had a huge impact, such as greatly change material surface texture,
Modulation its cellular structure, the electron transfer rate enhance its hydrophily, influence material surface pKa value, improving material, to expand
Carbon nanomaterial applications in various fields range.Although exploitation has been achieved for very for the CNFs of ORR in alkaline electrolyte
More achievements, but developing for the novel monatomic CNFs catalyst of ORR and OER is still a challenging task.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to overcome in the prior art precious metals pt catalyst it is with high costs, novel monatomic CNFs is urged
It is monatomic to provide a kind of cobalt that cobalt atom is anchored on carbon nano-fiber for the OER catalytic performance of agent bad defect and deficiency
The preparation method of catalyst.The present invention has using the monatomic catalyst of cobalt that electrostatic spinning techinque and high-temperature calcination are prepared
The advantages that diameter is small, aperture is small, porosity is high, fiber homogeneity is good, and there is preferable ORR and OER catalytic performance, it is excellent
Methanol tolerance and stability can be widely applied to fuel cell, metal-air battery.Preparation method mistake provided by the invention
Journey is simple, easily operated.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber.
Another object of the present invention is to provide above-mentioned cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber
Application in electrochemical catalysis field.
For achieving the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
A kind of cobalt atom is anchored on the preparation method of the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber, includes the following steps:
S1: the dissolution of cobalt source, complexing agent and polymer with nitrogen is obtained into external solution in a solvent;Soluble polymer is dissolved in solvent
In internal solution;Cobalt source in the external solution, complexing agent, polymer with nitrogen and solvent mass ratio be 1:1 ~ 2:2 ~ 4:20
~40;The mass ratio of soluble polymer and solvent is 1:5 ~ 1:10 in internal solution;
S2: external solution and internal solution silk spinning are obtained into the first spinning fibre that outer diameter is 500 ~ 1000nm using coaxial electrostatic silk spinning
Dimension;
S3: after the soluble polymer in silk spinning fiber is removed, it is former to obtain cobalt list by 2 ~ 5h of high-temperature calcination at 500 ~ 1000 DEG C
Muonic catalysis agent.
Preparation method provided by the invention prepares carbon nano-fiber pipe using coaxial electrostatic spinning and in conjunction with high-temperature calcination.
Electrostatic silk spinning can the fine structure of Effective Regulation fiber can get the material with ultra-hydrophobicity in conjunction with the substance of low-surface-energy
Material is used for self-supporting material.The present invention has certain size as-spun fibre by what electrostatic silk spinning obtained, can regulate and control final
The aperture of carbon nanotube, porosity and fiber homogeneity in product.
In addition, the as-spun fibre is alternatively arranged as template and plays the role of evenly dispersed, while polymer support can also be played
Flexibility and ease for operation, can also using catalysis material (such as Co) and polymer micro-nanometer size surface recombination generation compared with
Strong synergistic effect improves catalysis efficiency.
In addition to this, it selects polymer with nitrogen as carbon source and nitrogen source, and controls cobalt source in external solution, complexing agent, contains
The proportion of soluble polymer and solvent in the proportion and internal solution of nitrogen polymer and solvent, it can be achieved that cobalt atom complexing
It is fixed, and effectively promote the specific surface area of the monatomic catalyst of cobalt, porosity and catalytic performance.This is because (high in heat treatment
Temperature calcining) when soluble polymer resolve into small molecule organic gas and release, formed between carbon nano-fiber pipe a large amount of
Hole increases specific surface, increases active site.It is mixed in addition, the nitrogen in polymer with nitrogen can enter carbon lattice with forming nitrogen
Miscellaneous carbon realizes that in carbon nano tube surface, nitrogen functional group stablizes cobalt ions, forms Co-N4 CNFs.As N doping can excessively be broken
The excellent structure of bad carbon itself, leads to carbon reduced performance;If doping is too low, then the complexing that cannot achieve cobalt atom is fixed.
The present invention by the monatomic catalyst of cobalt that is prepared of control optimization of each condition have diameter is small, aperture is small,
The advantages that porosity is high, fiber homogeneity is good, and there is preferable ORR and OER catalytic performance, excellent methanol tolerance and steady
It is qualitative, it can be widely applied to fuel cell, metal-air battery.Preparation method process provided by the invention is simple, is easy to grasp
Make.
Conventional cobalt source and solvent in the art are used equally in the present invention.
Preferably, the cobalt source is one of cobalt nitrate, cobalt chloride, cobalt acetate and acetylacetone cobalt or a variety of;It is described
Solvent is one of ethyl alcohol, isopropanol, N,N-dimethylformamide, deionized water, dimethyl formyl, methylene chloride or formic acid
Or it is a variety of.
The complexing agent that the present invention selects can be the complexing agent of this field routine.
In order to further increase the catalytic performance of the monatomic catalyst of cobalt, the present invention selects nitrogenous complexing agent.
Preferably, the complexing agent is citric acid, Phen, ethylenediamine tetra-acetic acid, tartaric acid, m- tetraphenylporphines
One of or it is a variety of.
The nitrogenous compound and soluble polymer of this field routine are used equally in the present invention.
In order to further increase ORR and OER catalytic performance, the present invention selects high carbonization and conversion ratio and high nitrogen-containing
The nitrogenous compound raw material of element.
Preferably, the polymer with nitrogen is polyvinylpyrrolidone, N-Methyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylonitrile, polyoxygenated
One of ethylene and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer are a variety of.
Preferably, the soluble polymer is polyvinylpyrrolidone, N-Methyl pyrrolidone, polyacrylonitrile, polyoxy
Change one of ethylene and styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer or a variety of.
Preferably, in S1 at 50 ~ 150 DEG C, stirring 1 ~ dissolved for 24 hours.
The more uniform as-spun fibre of size in order to obtain, the present invention have carried out further the process conditions of electrostatic silk spinning
Optimization.
Preferably, in S2 the coaxial spinning head of coaxial electrostatic silk spinning internal diameter be 0.16 ~ 1.07mm, outer diameter be 0.55 ~
3.5mm。
Preferably, the feed rate of external solution is 0.4 ~ 1.5 ml/h, and the feed rate of internal solution is 0.1 ~ 1.0
ml/h。
Preferably, the distance of the needle of spinning head to collector is 10 ~ 25cm, and voltage is 5 ~ 30KV.
Means commonly used in the art can be taken to remove soluble polymer, the present invention provides two kinds of preferable removal sides herein
Formula.
Preferably, silk spinning fiber is placed in water ultrasound in S3, removes soluble polymer.
Preferably, silk spinning fiber is placed in 1 ~ 4h of standing at 200 ~ 500 DEG C in S3, removes soluble polymer.
Soluble polymer is removed by heating, a large amount of hole can be formed between carbon nano-fiber pipe, is further increased
Large ratio surface increases active site.
Preferably, the time ultrasonic in S3 is 5 ~ 60min.
Preferably, the atmosphere of S3 high temperature calcining is one in ammonia, argon gas, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen or argon hydrogen gaseous mixture
Kind is a variety of.
A kind of monatomic catalyst of cobalt that cobalt atom is anchored on carbon nano-fiber is also claimed in the present invention.By above-mentioned
Preparation method is prepared.
Above-mentioned cobalt atom is anchored on application of the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber in electrochemical catalysis field
Also within the scope of the present invention.
Preferably, application of the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt in ORR and OER reaction.
Preferably, the monatomic catalyst of the cobalt is preparing the application in fuel cell or metal-air battery.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
The present invention has that diameter is small, aperture using the monatomic catalyst of cobalt that electrostatic spinning techinque and high-temperature calcination are prepared
Small, the advantages that porosity is high, fiber homogeneity is good, and there is preferable ORR and OER catalytic performance, excellent methanol tolerance
And stability, it can be widely applied to fuel cell, metal-air battery.Preparation method process provided by the invention is simple, is easy to
Operation.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The SEM of CNFs catalyst schemes;
Fig. 2 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The SEM of CNFs catalyst schemes;
Fig. 3 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The SEM of CNFs catalyst schemes;
Fig. 4 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The SEM of CNFs catalyst schemes;
Fig. 5 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The SEM of CNFs catalyst schemes;
Fig. 6 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The ORR polarization curve of CNFs catalyst;
Fig. 7 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The OER polarization curve of CNFs catalyst;
Fig. 8 is the Co-N that the embodiment of the present invention 1 provides4 The methanol tolerance figure of CNFs catalyst.
Specific embodiment
Below with reference to embodiment, the present invention is further explained.These embodiments are merely to illustrate the present invention rather than limitation
The scope of the present invention.Test method without specific conditions in lower example embodiment usually according to this field normal condition or is pressed
The condition suggested according to manufacturer;Used raw material, reagent etc., unless otherwise specified, being can be from the business such as conventional market
The raw materials and reagents that approach obtains.The variation for any unsubstantiality that those skilled in the art is done on the basis of the present invention
And replacement belongs to scope of the present invention.
Embodiment 1
The present embodiment provides cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic Co-N of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber4 CNFs catalyst passes through such as lower section
Method is prepared.
Weigh the acetylacetone cobalt of 0.1g, the m- tetraphenylporphines complexing agent of 0.2g and the dissolution of 0.4g polyacrylonitrile polymer
External solution is used in 4g n,N-Dimethylformamide solvent, while the polyethylene oxide polymer for weighing 0.5g to be dissolved in
Internal solution is used in 5g N,N-dimethylformamide solvent.
Two kinds of solution are vigorously stirred 8h to being completely dissolved at 70 DEG C, two kinds of viscous solutions are drawn onto syringe, are implemented
Coaxial electrostatic spinning technique.During electrostatic spinning, choose with spinning head internal diameter and outer diameter be respectively 0.35mm and
1.05mm adjusts coaxial spinning head, and the distance from the needle of spinning head to collector is 12 cm, and keeps the electricity of 15 kV
Pressure, while the feed rate for controlling external solution is 0.6 ml/h and the feed rate of internal solution is 0.4 ml/h, will
To as-spun fibre collect on aluminium foil.
As-spun fibre is put into ultrasound 5min in deionized water, removes the polymer in as-spun fibre, is dried after cleaning standby
With.As-spun fibre dries sample 800 DEG C of calcining 5h under argon gas in being placed on tube furnace, then grinds monatomic to get cobalt is arrived
Catalyst is named as Co-N4 CNFs。
The Co-N that embodiment 1 is provided4 CNFs catalyst characterizes its result in the following ways:
1. using Hitachi-Su8010 type scanning electron microscope (SEM) to carry out before and after sample microscopic appearance, structure etc. into
Row analysis.It can be seen that Co-N from Fig. 1 ~ 54 CNFs catalyst is hollow tubular carbon nano-fiber, and carbon nano-fiber
Diameter is 500nm.
2. using the rotating ring electrode device (RRDE 3A) and occasion China CHI750e type electrochemical operation of ALS company of Japan
It stands to Co-N4 CNFs catalyst and Pt/C catalyst carry out electrocatalysis characteristic characterization.As shown in fig. 6, using glass carbon disk as work
Make electrode, catalyst layer laid on is used as using Pt electrodes to electrode using Ag/AgCl electrode as reference electrode.Its
In, the half wave potential of Pt/C is 0.81V (vs .RHE), Co-N4 The half wave potential of CNFs is 0.78V (vs .RHE), Pt/C
The limiting current density of catalyst is about 5.8mA cm-2, Co-N4 The limiting current density of CNFs is about 5.9mA cm-2。
3. by Co-N prepared by the present invention4 Pt/C (20%) catalyst and RuO of CNFs catalyst and business2-IrO2
(20%) catalyst carries out analysis oxygen performance test.As shown in fig. 7, Co-N4 CNFs, Pt/C (20%) and and RuO2-IrO2
(20%) catalyst is in 0 .1mol L-1KOH solution in LSV, rotating disk electrode (r.d.e) revolving speed is 1600rpm, and sweep speed is
5mVs-1.As can be seen from Figure 7, Co-N provided in this embodiment4 CNFs has preferable ORR and OER catalytic performance.
Poison comparative test 4. taking and carrying out methanol tolerance with the Pt/C catalyst of business (20%Pt content), using certain
The electric current that catalyst is measured under potential range, the methanol that 4mL is added after waiting electric currents to stablize see curent change situation to measure catalysis
The methanol tolerance toxicity of agent.It is added before and after 4mL methanol, as shown in figure 8, Co-N prepared by the present invention4 CNFs catalyst curent change
Less, and Pt/C catalyst electric current drops sharply to the 20% of initial current, arrive 3000s when, electric current is just restored to initial current
50%, it is very big to illustrate that the addition of methanol influences Pt/C catalyst, further illustrates Co-N prepared by the present invention4 CNFs catalysis
There is agent ratio Pt/C catalyst better methanol tolerance to poison performance and stability.
Embodiment 2
The present embodiment provides cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic Co-N of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber4 CNFs catalyst passes through such as lower section
Method is prepared.
Weigh the cobalt nitrate of 0.1g, the agent of 0.1g EDTA complex and the dissolution of 0.2g polyvinyl pyrrolidone polymers
External solution is used in 2g isopropanol solvent, while the polyethylene oxide polymer for weighing 0.5g to be dissolved in 2.5 g isopropyls
Internal solution is used in alcohol.
Two kinds of solution are vigorously stirred 12h to being completely dissolved at 80 DEG C, two kinds of viscous solutions are drawn onto syringe, are implemented
Coaxial electrostatic spinning technique.During electrostatic spinning, choose with spinning head internal diameter and outer diameter be respectively 0.41mm and
1.25mm adjusts coaxial spinning head, and the distance from the needle of spinning head to collector is 10 cm, and keeps the electricity of 20 kV
Pressure, while the feed rate for controlling external solution is 0.5 ml/h and the feed rate of internal solution is 0.3 ml/h, will
To as-spun fibre collect on aluminium foil.
As-spun fibre is put into ultrasound 10min in deionized water, removes the polymer in as-spun fibre, is dried after cleaning standby
With.As-spun fibre dries sample 900 DEG C of calcining 4h under argon gas in being placed on tube furnace, then grinds monatomic to get cobalt is arrived
Catalyst is named as Co-N4 CNFs。
Co-N provided in this embodiment4 CNFs catalyst is similar with the performance of catalyst that embodiment 1 provides.
Embodiment 3
The present embodiment provides cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic Co-N of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber4 CNFs catalyst passes through such as lower section
Method is prepared.
The cobalt chloride of 0.1g is weighed, 0.15g Phen complexing agent and 0.3g styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer polymer are molten
Solution is used for external solution in 3g dichloromethane solvent, while the polyacrylonitrile polymer for weighing 0.5g is dissolved in 3g dichloromethane
Internal solution is used in alkane solvents.
Two kinds of solution are vigorously stirred 12h to being completely dissolved at 90 DEG C, two kinds of viscous solutions are drawn onto syringe, are implemented
Coaxial electrostatic spinning technique.During electrostatic spinning, choose with spinning head internal diameter and outer diameter be respectively 0.45mm and
1.35mm adjusts coaxial spinning head, and the distance from the needle of spinning head to collector is 15 cm, and keeps the electricity of 25 kV
Pressure, while the feed rate for controlling external solution is 0.9 ml/h and the feed rate of internal solution is 0.7 ml/h, will
To as-spun fibre collect on aluminium foil.
As-spun fibre is put into ultrasound 25min in deionized water, removes the polymer in as-spun fibre, is dried after cleaning standby
With.As-spun fibre dries sample 1000 DEG C of calcining 3h under argon gas in being placed on tube furnace, then grinds monatomic to get cobalt is arrived
Catalyst is named as Co-N4 CNFs。
Co-N provided in this embodiment4 CNFs catalyst is similar with the performance of catalyst that embodiment 1 provides.
Embodiment 4
The present embodiment provides cobalt atoms to be anchored on the monatomic Co-N of the cobalt on carbon nano-fiber4 CNFs catalyst passes through such as lower section
Method is prepared.
The cobalt acetate of 0.1g is weighed, 0.2g tartaric acid complexing agent and 0.4gN- crassitude ketone polymer are dissolved in 4g first
External solution is used in sour solvent, while the styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer polymer for weighing 0.5g to be dissolved in 4g formic acid solvent
In be used for internal solution.
Two kinds of solution are vigorously stirred 5h to being completely dissolved at 140 DEG C, two kinds of viscous solutions are drawn onto syringe, are implemented
Coaxial electrostatic spinning technique.During electrostatic spinning, choose with spinning head internal diameter and outer diameter be respectively 0.51mm and
2.11mm adjusts coaxial spinning head, and the distance from the needle of spinning head to collector is 20 cm, and keeps the electricity of 20 kV
Pressure, while the feed rate for controlling external solution is 1.0ml/h and the feed rate of internal solution is 1.0 ml/h, will obtain
As-spun fibre collect on aluminium foil.
As-spun fibre is placed at 400 DEG C after constant temperature 3h and is placed in tube furnace 700 DEG C of calcining 5h under argon gas, is then ground
Mill is named as Co-N to get the monatomic catalyst of cobalt is arrived4 CNFs。
Co-N provided in this embodiment4 CNFs catalyst is similar with the performance of catalyst that embodiment 1 provides.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that embodiment here be to help reader understand it is of the invention
Principle, it should be understood that protection scope of the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments and embodiments.This field it is common
Technical staff disclosed the technical disclosures can make the various various other tools for not departing from essence of the invention according to the present invention
Body variations and combinations, these variations and combinations are still within the scope of the present invention.