Biomass-Based Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts from the Perspective of Ecological Aesthetics—Duckweed Has More Advantages than Soybean

Meiping Zhang, Yanqi Zhang, Jiajia Cui, Zongyao Zhang and Zaoxue Yan
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Meiping Zhang: College of Liberal Arts, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225012, China
Yanqi Zhang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Jiajia Cui: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Zongyao Zhang: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Zaoxue Yan: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-15

Abstract: Ecological aesthetics encourages the harmonization of humans and nature. In this paper, we integrate ecological aesthetics into the development of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts of H 2 /O 2 fuel cells. Moldy soybean and duckweed as raw materials are adopted to prepare biomass-based ORR catalysts, both of which have advantages in activity, stability, environmental protection and resource richness over the conventional expensive and scarce noble metal-based catalysts. Therefore, duckweed is more environmentally friendly, entails a simpler preparation process and has a better catalytic performance, ultimately being more in line with ecological aesthetics.

Keywords: ecological aesthetics; biomass; moldy soybean; duckweed; oxygen reduction reaction; H 2 /O 2 fuel cell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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