Abstract
Enhancing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity and stability of the fuel cell cathode electrocatalysts and reducing their costs are critical. In response to this need, Fe, B, and N co-doped hollow mesoporous carbon materials were prepared by a simple chemical doping one-step pyrolysis method using ZIF-8 as a precursor. The results showed that the optimized catalyst displayed a higher limiting current density (6.154 mA cm(-2)) and half-wave potential (0.859 V), which showed significant enhancement compared with the Pt/C catalyst (5.487 mA cm(-2) and 0.853 V). Moreover, the optimized catalyst had outstanding long-term stability with a current density retention higher than 91% after 36 000 s of stability testing. This work provides a facile strategy for the design of outstanding ORR performance of non-precious metal oxygen reduction catalysts.