Research Article

Accurate Assessment of the Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalytic Activity of Mn/Polypyrrole Nanocomposites Based on Rotating Disk Electrode Measurements, Complemented with Multitechnique Structural Characterizations

Table 3

ORR electrocatalytic parameters of graphite, PPy, and Mn/PPy catalysts obtained by RDE voltammograms (scan rate: 5 mV s−1) in O2-saturated 0.1 M KOH at 1600 rpm.

WE , V/RHE , V/RHE at  V/RHE/mA cm−2 at 0.8 V

Poly-Pt0.8710.724.12
Graphite0.820.71.78
PPy on graphite (PPy/G)0.850.692.16
Mn-PPy on graphite (Mn-PPy60/G)0.8460.651
Mn-PPy on graphite (Mn-PPy240/G)0.90.7141.65