SBIR Phase I: Templated Pyrolyzed Metallomacrocycles as Electrocatalysts

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）一期项目致力于通过催化热解介孔材料中的配合物，从金属大环合成新的电催化剂。预计该方法将产生新型纳米颗粒碳负载金属，它将首先应用于直接甲醇氧化燃料电池（DMFC）的高级阳极电催化和阴极电化学中作为氧还原催化剂。这些化合物的热分解有望产生原子或小簇金属活性位点，由含氮纳米管材料支撑并结合。所提出的工作将包括合成主题电催化剂，然后在典型的质子交换膜（PEM）燃料电池条件下对其氧电还原和直接甲醇氧化的电化学性能进行评价。这些技术的潜在客户包括汽车公司。此外，应用于固定电源也是可能的。因此，电力公司将对拟议的技术以及商业和工业装置的电力感兴趣。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses the synthesis of new electrocatalysts from metallomacrocycles by the catalyzed pyrolysis of the complexes in mesoporous materials. It is anticipated that the approach will give rise to novel nanoparticulate carbon supported metals, which will be initially implemented in the advanced anode electrocatalysis of direct methanol oxidation fuel cells (DMFC) and in cathode electrochemistry as oxygen reduction catalysts. Thermal decomposition of these compounds is expected to result in atomic or small cluster metal active sites supported by and bound to nitrogeneous nanotube materials. Work proposed will consist of synthesizing the subject electrocatalysts followed by their electrochemical performance evaluation under representative proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell conditions for oxygen electroreduction and direct methanol oxidation.Potential customers for these technology include automotive companies. In additon, application to stationary power sources is also possible. Consequently, electric power utilities would find interest in the proposed technology as well as power for commercial and industrial installations.