Study Progress on the Preparation and Catalytic Performance of Zirconia for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Abstract

Development of non-platinum catalysts for the renewable energy is urgent. Due to the excellent chemicaland electrochemical, zirconia is attracting abroad attention in the investigation of novel non-platinum catalysts. Therefore, this paper reviews the status of the preparation methods such as magnetron sputtering and dip-coating for zirconia, and summarizes the study progress of the non-stoichiometry zirconia, transition metal/non-transition metal doped zirconia, partially oxidized zirconium carbonitrides and pyrolyzed zirconium base chelates. At last, this paper also looks ahead at the development of zirconia based non-pltinum catalysts.