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Iron oxide decorated N-doped carbon derived from Poly (ferrocene-urethane)
interconnects for oxygen reduction reaction
Naveen Chandrasekaran*, Viji Premkumar, Kanagaraj Madasamy, Murugavel
Kathiresan*, Pandiyaraj Kanagavalli, Shanmugam Senthil Kumar*
CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, 630 003, India.
Email: naveen@cecri.res.in, naveenumr@gmail.com, kathiresan@cecri.res.in, and
ssenthilmugam@gmail.com
Figure S-1.Steady state LSV responses of RRDE at different rotation rates in the scan rate of
0.005 V/s in O2 gas saturation 0.1 M KOH and its corresponding K-L plots for (a-a’) PFU-600;
(b-b’) PFU-800; (c-c’) PFU-1000 and (d-d’) F-P-800
Figure-S-2. (a) Number of electron transferred per oxygen and (b) the HO2- yield (%) of PFU
modified electrocatalysts on glassy carbon disk electrode synthesized at different temperatures
(Calculated from LSV response from RRDE at 1600 rpm)
Material Number of %H2O2 at 0.45 V
electrons, n
(calculated from B
value)
PFU - 600 3.6 15.7
PFU - 800 3.9 5.6
PFU - 1000 3 41.5
F – P- 800 3.2 37.8
Table-S1- Number of electrons (n) and %H2O2 generated for PFU pyrolyzed at different
temperatures and F-P-800
Figure S-3.Chronoamperometry of PFU-800 and Pt-C-10% stepped at a potential of 0.41V vs.
NHE in 0.1 M KOH.