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US 12,132,212 · App. 17/631,243 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Metal supported catalyst, battery electrode, and battery

Inventors: Yuji Kubota (Chiba, JP); Ayaka Fujimoto (Chiba, JP); Takeaki Kishimoto (Funabashi, JP); Takuya Ishizuka (Chiba, JP); Takuya Isaka (Chiba, JP); Miki Meguro (Funabashi, JP)
Assignee: NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC.
H01M4/926H01M8/1032H01M8/1039H01M2008/1095H01M2300/0082
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Patent No.
US 12,132,212
App. No.
17/631,243
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A metal-supported catalyst, battery electrode, and battery, each having excellent catalytic activity and durability. The metal-supported catalyst includes: a carbon carrier; and catalyst metal particles supported thereon, wherein, in a photoelectron spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the catalyst exhibits, as a peak derived from a is orbital of a nitrogen atom, a peak to be separated into peaks of first to sixth nitrogen atoms having peak tops in the following respective ranges: (1) 398.6±0.2 eV; (2) 399.5±0.3 eV; (3) 400.5±0.2 eV; (4) 401.3±0.3 eV; (5) 403.4±0.4 eV; and (6) 404.5±0.5 eV, wherein a ratio of a peak area of the second nitrogen atoms to a total peak area of the nitrogen atoms of the (1) to (6) is 0.03 or more, and wherein a ratio of a concentration of the second nitrogen atoms to a concentration of carbon atoms measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.0005 or more.

Claims (25)

1. A metal-supported catalyst, comprising:

a carbon carrier; and

platinum particles supported on the carbon carrier, wherein, in a photoelectron spectrum obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the metal-supported catalyst exhibits a peak derived from a 1s orbital of a nitrogen atom, which is separated into the following peaks (1) to (6) of nitrogen atoms:

(1) a peak of first nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 398.6±0.2 eV;

(2) a peak of second nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 399.5±0.3 eV;

(3) a peak of third nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 400.5±0.2 eV;

(4) a peak of fourth nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 401.3±0.3 eV;

(5) a peak of fifth nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 403.4±0.4 eV; and

(6) a peak of sixth nitrogen atoms having a peak top in a range of a binding energy of 404.5±0.5 eV,

wherein a ratio of a peak area of the second nitrogen atoms to a total peak area of the nitrogen atoms of the (1) to (6) measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.03 or more,

wherein a ratio of a concentration of the second nitrogen atoms to a concentration of carbon atoms measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.0005 or more,

wherein an electrochemical surface area (H 2 -ECSA) obtained by dividing a hydrogen adsorption electric quantity, measured in cyclic voltammetry using a rotating disc electrode containing the metal-supported catalyst, by a theoretical area-equivalent electric quantity of hydrogen adsorption to platinum and a weight of platinum supported on the metal-supported catalyst, is 20.0 m 2 /g-platinum or more, and

wherein an electrochemical surface area (CO-ECSA), obtained by dividing a carbon monoxide adsorption electric quantity measured in stripping voltammetry using the rotating disc electrode containing the metal-supported catalyst by a theoretical area-equivalent electric quantity of carbon monoxide adsorption to platinum and the weight of platinum supported on the metal-supported catalyst, is 20.0 m 2 /g-platinum or more.

2. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a sum of a concentration of the first nitrogen atoms, a concentration of the third nitrogen atoms, and a concentration of the fourth nitrogen atoms to the concentration of the carbon atoms measured by the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is 0.004 or more.

3. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the peak area of the second nitrogen atoms to a peak area of the first nitrogen atoms is 0.12 or more.

4. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a peak area of the first nitrogen atoms to the total peak area of the nitrogen atoms of the (1) to (6) is 0.48 or less.

5. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a peak area of the fourth nitrogen atoms to the total peak area of the nitrogen atoms of the (1) to (6) is 0.15 or more.

6. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein an average crystallite diameter of the platinum particles calculated by Scherrer equation through use of a diffraction angle and a full width at half maximum of one or more diffraction peaks obtained by separating a diffraction line having a diffraction angle 2θ in a vicinity of 40° in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern by a CuKα ray is 5.40 nm or less.

7. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-supported catalyst has a carbon structure that exhibits a full width at half maximum of 160 cm −1 or less of a D band having a peak top in a vicinity of 1,360 cm −1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy.

8. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-supported catalyst has a carbon structure that exhibits a full width at half maximum of 80 cm −1 or less of a G band having a peak top in a vicinity of 1,600 cm −1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy.

9. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-supported catalyst has a carbon structure that exhibits a ratio of 0.25 or more and 0.40 or less of a minimum intensity between a G band having a peak top in a vicinity of 1,600 cm −1 and a D band having a peak top in a vicinity of 1,360 cm −1 to an intensity of the G band in a Raman spectrum obtained by Raman spectroscopy.

10. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-supported catalyst has a carbon structure that exhibits a nitrogen desorption amount of 1.20×10 −5 (mol/g-carrier) or more from 600° C. to 1,000° C. per unit weight of the carbon carrier in a temperature programmed desorption method.

11. The metal-supported catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-supported catalyst has a carbon structure that exhibits a nitrogen desorption amount of 0.75×10 −5 (mol/g-carrier) or more from 800° C. to 1,000° C. per unit weight of the carbon carrier in a temperature programmed desorption method.

12. A battery electrode, comprising the metal-supported catalyst of claim 1 .

13. A battery, comprising the battery electrode of claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2022
From: KUBOTA, YUJI; FUJIMOTO, AYAKA; KISHIMOTO, TAKEAKI; ISHIZUKA, TAKUYA; ISAKA, TAKUYA; MEGURO, MIKI
To: NISSHINBO HOLDINGS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-143406 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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