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Abstract To produce efficient ORR catalysts with low Pt content, PtNi porous films (PFs) with sufficiently exposed Pt active sites were designed by an approach combining electrochemical bottom‐up (electrodeposition) and top‐down (anodization) processes. The dynamic oxygen‐bubble template (DOBT) programmably controlled by a square‐wave potential was used to tune the catalyst morphology and expose Pt active facets in PtNi PFs. Surface‐bounded species, such as hydroxyl (OH*, *=surface site) on the exposed PtNi PFs surfaces were adjusted by the applied anodic voltage, further affecting the dynamic oxygen (O2) bubbles adsorption on Pt. As a result, PtNi PF with enriched Pt(111) facets (denoted as Pt3.5 %Ni PF) was obtained, showing prominent ORR activity with an onset potential of 0.92 V (vs. RHE) at an ultra‐low Pt loading (0.015 mg cm−2).
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Sub‐6 nm Fully Ordered L 1 0 ‐Pt–Ni–Co Nanoparticles Enhance Oxygen Reduction via Co Doping Induced Ferromagnetism Enhancement and Optimized Surface Strain
Abstract Engineering the crystal structure of Pt–M (M = transition metal) nanoalloys to chemically ordered ones has drawn increasing attention in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysis due to their high resistance against M etching in acid. Although Pt–Ni alloy nanoparticles (NPs) have demonstrated respectable initial ORR activity in acid, their stability remains a big challenge due to the fast etching of Ni. In this work, sub‐6 nm monodisperse chemically orderedL10‐Pt–Ni–Co NPs are synthesized for the first time by employing a bifunctional core/shell Pt/NiCoOxprecursor, which could provide abundant O‐vacancies for facilitated Pt/Ni/Co atom diffusion and prevent NP sintering during thermal annealing. Further, Co doping is found to remarkably enhance the ferromagnetism (room temperature coercivity reaching 2.1 kOe) and the consequent chemical ordering ofL10‐Pt–Ni NPs. As a result, the best‐performing carbon supportedL10‐PtNi0.8Co0.2catalyst reveals a half‐wave potential (E1/2) of 0.951 V versus reversible hydrogen electrode in 0.1mHClO4with 23‐times enhancement in mass activity over the commercial Pt/C catalyst along with much improved stability. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that theL10‐PtNi0.8Co0.2core could tune the surface strain of the Pt shell toward optimized Pt–O binding energy and facilitated reaction rate, thereby improving the ORR electrocatalysis.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1828019
- PAR ID:
- 10461196
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 17
- ISSN:
- 1614-6832
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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