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Nitrogen-doped carbon-encapsulated non-noble metals are promising electrocatalytic alternatives to Pt for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we describe the efficient synthesis of nitrogen- and fluorine-doped carbon-encapsulated Fe/FeC (NFC@Fe/FeC) crystals from a Fe-poly(aniline-fluoro-aniline) co-polymer and demonstrate their use as efficient ORR electrocatalysts in acidic and alkaline environments. X-ray diffraction patterns, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Raman spectra, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy are used to determine the structural properties of NFC@Fe/FeC. Of the NFC@Fe/FeC catalysts, NFC@Fe/FeC-9 demonstrates superior ORR electrocatalytic activity in both alkaline and acidic environments. NFC@Fe/FeC-9 follows a four-electron-transfer ORR pathway in alkaline and acidic media. Under alkaline conditions, NFC@Fe/FeC-9 displays a half-wave potential (E) as 0.870 V, which is 16 mV higher than that of Pt/C, and its durability decay is 26 mV over 50 000 cycles. In acidic medium, the NFC@Fe/FeC-9 electrode shows inferior ORR performance than does Pt/C, but it is more durable, with only 27 mV decay over 30 000 cycles. A single cell performance of NFC@Fe/FeC-9 was tested with a proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) and an anion-exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) with an active area of 5 cm. The PEMFC single cell exhibits the maximum power density of 237 mW cm with a back pressure of 250 kPa, while the AEMFC delivers a maximum power density of 96 mW cm without back pressure.
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