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Title: Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

Abstract

Despite intense research in past decades, the lack of high-performance catalysts for fuel cell reactions remains a challenge in realizing fuel cell technologies for transportation applications. We report a facile strategy for synthesizing hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires with high-index, platinum-rich facets and ordered intermetallic structure. These structural features enable unprecedented performance for the oxygen reduction and alcohol oxidation reactions. The specific/mass activities of the platinum-cobalt nanowires for oxygen reduction reaction are 39.6/33.7 times higher than commercial Pt/C catalyst, respectively. Density functional theory simulations reveal that the active threefold hollow sites on the platinum-rich high-index facets provide an additional factor in enhancing oxygen reduction reaction activities. These nanowires are stable in the electrochemical conditions and also thermally stable. Our work may represent a key step towards scalable production of high-performance platinum-based nanowires for applications in catalysis and energy conversion.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Soochow Univ., Jiangsu (China)
  2. Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
  3. California State Univ. (CalState), Northridge, CA (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1307420
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1336135
Report Number(s):
BNL-112606-2016-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; ncomms11850
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; SC00112704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Hierarchical Nanowires; STEM; Electrocatalysts; Center for Functional Nanomaterials

Citation Formats

Bu, Lingzheng, Guo, Shaojun, Zhang, Xu, Shen, Xuan, Su, Dong, Lu, Gang, Zhu, Xing, Yao, Jianlin, Guo, Jun, and Huang, Xiaoqing. Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms11850.
Bu, Lingzheng, Guo, Shaojun, Zhang, Xu, Shen, Xuan, Su, Dong, Lu, Gang, Zhu, Xing, Yao, Jianlin, Guo, Jun, & Huang, Xiaoqing. Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11850
Bu, Lingzheng, Guo, Shaojun, Zhang, Xu, Shen, Xuan, Su, Dong, Lu, Gang, Zhu, Xing, Yao, Jianlin, Guo, Jun, and Huang, Xiaoqing. Wed . "Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11850. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1307420.
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abstractNote = {Despite intense research in past decades, the lack of high-performance catalysts for fuel cell reactions remains a challenge in realizing fuel cell technologies for transportation applications. We report a facile strategy for synthesizing hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires with high-index, platinum-rich facets and ordered intermetallic structure. These structural features enable unprecedented performance for the oxygen reduction and alcohol oxidation reactions. The specific/mass activities of the platinum-cobalt nanowires for oxygen reduction reaction are 39.6/33.7 times higher than commercial Pt/C catalyst, respectively. Density functional theory simulations reveal that the active threefold hollow sites on the platinum-rich high-index facets provide an additional factor in enhancing oxygen reduction reaction activities. These nanowires are stable in the electrochemical conditions and also thermally stable. Our work may represent a key step towards scalable production of high-performance platinum-based nanowires for applications in catalysis and energy conversion.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms11850},
journal = {Nature Communications},
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year = {Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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Screw-like PdPt nanowires as highly efficient electrocatalysts for methanol and ethylene glycol oxidation
journal, January 2018

  • Tang, Jing-Xiao; Chen, Qing-Song; You, Le-Xing
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta09595c

Strain engineering of metal-based nanomaterials for energy electrocatalysis
journal, January 2019

  • Xia, Zhonghong; Guo, Shaojun
  • Chemical Society Reviews, Vol. 48, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8cs00846a

Hierarchical branched platinum–copper tripods as highly active and stable catalysts
journal, January 2018


1D alloy ultrafine Pt–Fe nanowires as efficient electrocatalysts for alcohol electrooxidation in alkaline media
journal, January 2018


Core@shell structured Co–CoO@NC nanoparticles supported on nitrogen doped carbon with high catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction
journal, January 2018

  • Zhen, Zihao; Jiang, Zhongqing; Tian, Xiaoning
  • RSC Advances, Vol. 8, Issue 26
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ra01680a

Synergistically enhanced hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis by in situ exsolution of metallic nanoparticles on perovskites
journal, January 2018

  • Zhu, Yinlong; Dai, Jie; Zhou, Wei
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta02347f

Hyperbranched PdRu nanospine assemblies: an efficient electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation
journal, January 2018

  • Wang, Hongjing; Li, Yinghao; Li, Chunjie
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 36
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta06908e

Solvent-mediated length tuning of ultrathin platinum–cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis
journal, January 2018

  • Xu, Hui; Wei, Jingjing; Zhang, Min
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 47
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta08251k

Atomic (single, double, and triple atoms) catalysis: frontiers, opportunities, and challenges
journal, January 2019

  • Chen, Z. W.; Chen, L. X.; Yang, C. C.
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta11416a

Localized surface plasmon enhanced electrocatalytic methanol oxidation of AgPt bimetallic nanoparticles with an ultra-thin shell
journal, January 2019

  • Bi, Jinglei; Cai, Hairui; Wang, Bin
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 27
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00331b

Synthesis of ammonia via electrochemical nitrogen reduction on high-index faceted Au nanoparticles with a high faradaic efficiency
journal, January 2019

  • Tan, Lianqiao; Yang, Na; Huang, Xun
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 96
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cc06132k

Regulating locations of active sites: a novel strategy to greatly improve the stability of PtAu electrocatalysts
journal, January 2019

  • Xu, Suying; Hou, Wenjie; Jiang, Rui
  • Chemical Communications, Vol. 55, Issue 90
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07275f

Concave PtCo nanooctahedra with high-energy {110} facets for the oxygen reduction reaction
journal, January 2020

  • Li, Zhijuan; Wang, Xiaoru; Zhang, Zhenbo
  • CrystEngComm, Vol. 22, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ce01488h

Ultra-small intermetallic NiZn nanoparticles: a non-precious metal catalyst for efficient electrocatalysis
journal, January 2020

  • Samanta, Arnab; Das, Sankar; Jana, Subhra
  • Nanoscale Advances, Vol. 2, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9na00611g

One-pot synthesis of PtIn/3D-GNs composites with high alloying degree for electro-photo synergistic catalysis
journal, January 2019

  • Ye, Yixiang; Wang, Yanli; Li, Zhongshui
  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 43, Issue 43
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9nj04367e

Facile synthesis of ultrathin Pt–Pd nanosheets for enhanced formic acid oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Yang, Qian; Shi, Lijie; Yu, Beibei
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 32
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta03945g

One-step solid-phase boronation to fabricate self-supported porous FeNiB/FeNi foam for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen evolution and overall water splitting
journal, January 2019

  • Yuan, Hefeng; Wang, Shumin; Gu, Xundi
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 33
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta04076e

Advanced engineering of core/shell nanostructures for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction
journal, January 2019

  • Shao, Qi; Wang, Pengtang; Liu, Shangheng
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 36
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta07016h

Interfacial synergy of ultralong jagged Pt 85 Mo 15 –S nanowires with abundant active sites on enhanced hydrogen evolution in an alkaline solution
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Yao; Zhuo, Hongying; Zhang, Xin
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 42
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta09285d

SnO 2 patched ultrathin PtRh nanowires as efficient catalysts for ethanol electrooxidation
journal, January 2019

  • Fan, Xiaokun; Tang, Min; Wu, Xiaotong
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 48
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta10941b

Asymmetric PdPtCu mesoporous hemispheres on nitrogen-functionalized graphene for methanol oxidation electrocatalysis
journal, January 2020

  • Sun, Lizhi; Lv, Hao; Xu, Dongdong
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 8, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta13478f

Cobalt-platinum nanomotors for local gas generation
journal, November 2019

  • Szkudlarek, Aleksandra; Hnida-Gut, Katarzyna E.; Kollbek, Kamila
  • Nanotechnology, Vol. 31, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab53bd

Monatomic Co, CoO 2 , and CoO 3 nanowires on Ir(100) and Pt(100) surfaces: Formation, structure, and energetics
journal, August 2017


Surface-modulated palladium-nickel icosahedra as high-performance non-platinum oxygen reduction electrocatalysts
journal, July 2018


Annealing Behaviour of Pt and PtNi Nanowires for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
journal, August 2018


Stability of High-Performance Pt-Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reactions
journal, March 2018


Ultrathin PtPd-Based Nanorings with Abundant Step Atoms Enhance Oxygen Catalysis
journal, August 2018


Alloy Nanocatalysts for the Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction (ORR) and the Direct Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction Reaction (CO 2 RR)
journal, December 2018

  • Kim, Cheonghee; Dionigi, Fabio; Beermann, Vera
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 31, Issue 31
  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805617

Pt‐Based Nanocrystal for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction
journal, December 2018


Intermetallic PtBi Nanoplates Boost Oxygen Reduction Catalysis with Superior Tolerance over Chemical Fuels
journal, September 2019


A Comprehensive Review on Controlling Surface Composition of Pt-Based Bimetallic Electrocatalysts
journal, April 2018

  • Zhang, Bin-Wei; Yang, Hui-Ling; Wang, Yun-Xiao
  • Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 20
  • DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201703597

Crystallinity-Modulated Electrocatalytic Activity of a Nickel(II) Borate Thin Layer on Ni 3 B for Efficient Water Oxidation
journal, May 2017

  • Jiang, Wen-Jie; Niu, Shuai; Tang, Tang
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 56, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703183

Facile Solvothermal Synthesis of Pt 4 Co Multi-dendrites: An Effective Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Glycerol Oxidation
journal, September 2017


In Situ Incorporation Strategy for Bimetallic FeCo-Doped Carbon as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts
journal, April 2018


Nanocatalysts for Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Ethanol
journal, April 2019


Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol Catalyzed by Zigzag Platinum-Cobalt Nanowires
journal, April 2017


Highly active zigzag-like Pt-Zn alloy nanowires with high-index facets for alcohol electrooxidation
journal, April 2019


Rational Design and Synthesis of Low-Temperature Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts
journal, March 2018


Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Zinc-Ion and Zinc-Air Batteries: Current Status and Future Perspectives
journal, May 2019


Fabrication and enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction performance of a Cu 3 BiS 3 nanorods/TiO 2 heterojunction film
journal, January 2018

  • Li, Jiajia; Han, Xiuxun; Wang, Min
  • New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 42, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7nj04569g

One-step green synthesis of composition-tunable Pt–Cu alloy nanowire networks with high catalytic activity for 4-nitrophenol reduction
journal, January 2018

  • Zhang, Yingfang; Xia, Yan; Yan, Saisai
  • Dalton Transactions, Vol. 47, Issue 48
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03810d

Ternary PtVCo dendrites for the hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen evolution reaction, overall water splitting and rechargeable Zn–air batteries
journal, January 2018

  • Ding, Zhaoqing; Tang, Zhenghua; Li, Ligui
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 5, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8qi00623g

Size-dependent synthesis and catalytic activities of trimetallic PdAgCu mesoporous nanospheres in ethanol electrooxidation
journal, January 2019


Ligand-mediated bifunctional catalysis for enhanced oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation tolerance in fuel cells
journal, January 2018

  • Lu, Linfang; Wang, Zhiqiang; Zou, Shihui
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 6, Issue 39
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta06071a

The OH -driven synthesis of Pt–Ni nanocatalysts with atomic segregation for alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Zhang, Cong; Chen, Biaohua; Mei, Donghai
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta12250d

Multidimensional nanostructured membrane electrode assemblies for proton exchange membrane fuel cell applications
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Guoliang; Zou, Liangliang; Huang, Qinghong
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1039/c8ta12382a

Atomically dispersed metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction: synthesis, characterization, reaction mechanisms and electrochemical energy applications
journal, January 2019

  • Liu, Minmin; Wang, Linlin; Zhao, Kangning
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 12, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ee01722d

Nanoscale engineering of porous Fe-doped Pd nanosheet assemblies for efficient methanol and ethanol electrocatalyses
journal, January 2020

  • Xu, Hui; Shang, Hongyuan; Wang, Cheng
  • Nanoscale, Vol. 12, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09755d

Shaping well-defined noble-metal-based nanostructures for fabricating high-performance electrocatalysts: advances and perspectives
journal, January 2019

  • Yin, Hai-Jing; Zhou, Jun-Hao; Zhang, Ya-Wen
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 6, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00689c

Understanding the roles of amorphous domains and oxygen-containing groups of nitrogen-doped carbon in oxygen reduction catalysis: toward superior activity
journal, January 2020

  • Biemolt, Jasper; Rothenberg, Gadi; Yan, Ning
  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, Vol. 7, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9qi00983c

Transition metal-doped ultrathin RuO 2 networked nanowires for efficient overall water splitting across a broad pH range
journal, January 2019

  • Wang, Juan; Ji, Yujin; Yin, Rongguan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta00598f

Morphology controllable synthesis of PtNi concave nanocubes enclosed by high-index facets supported on porous graphene for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction
journal, January 2019

  • Yang, Juntao; Ning, Guoqing; Yu, Lei
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 7, Issue 30
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9ta03442k

Design of ultrathin Pt-Mo-Ni nanowire catalysts for ethanol electrooxidation
journal, August 2017


Highly Durable and Active Pt-Based Nanoscale Design for Fuel-Cell Oxygen-Reduction Electrocatalysts
journal, January 2018

  • Chung, Dong Young; Yoo, Ji Mun; Sung, Yung-Eun
  • Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 42
  • DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704123

Tungsten‐Doped L1 0 ‐PtCo Ultrasmall Nanoparticles as a High‐Performance Fuel Cell Cathode
journal, October 2019

  • Liang, Jiashun; Li, Na; Zhao, Zhonglong
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 58, Issue 43
  • DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908824

Noble metal-free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction
journal, November 2017


1-Naphthol induced Pt3Ag nanocorals as bifunctional cathode and anode catalysts of direct formic acid fuel cells
journal, October 2018


Highly crystalline PtCu nanotubes with three dimensional molecular accessible and restructured surface for efficient catalysis
journal, January 2017

  • Li, Hui-Hui; Fu, Qi-Qi; Xu, Liang
  • Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ee00573c

Kinetically controlled synthesis of AuPt bi-metallic aerogels and their enhanced electrocatalytic performances
journal, January 2017

  • Shi, Qiurong; Zhu, Chengzhou; Du, Dan
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 37
  • DOI: 10.1039/c7ta06375j

Preparation of Ni@Pt core@shell conformal nanofibre oxygen reduction electrocatalysts via microwave-assisted galvanic displacement
journal, January 2019

  • Ercolano, Giorgio; Farina, Filippo; Stievano, Lorenzo
  • Catalysis Science & Technology, Vol. 9, Issue 24
  • DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01514k

Semiconductor nanowire plasmonic lasers
journal, October 2019


Ternary PtPdCu Multicubes as a Highly Active and Durable Catalyst toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
journal, March 2018


Wire-like Pt on mesoporous Ti0.7W0.3O2 Nanomaterial with Compelling Electro-Activity for Effective Alcohol Electro-Oxidation
journal, October 2019


Size-dependent synthesis and catalytic activities of trimetallic PdAgCu mesoporous nanospheres in ethanol electrooxidation
journal, January 2019


Design of ultrathin Pt-Mo-Ni nanowire catalysts for ethanol electrooxidation
journal, August 2017


Nanostructure Optimization of Platinum-Based Nanomaterials for Catalytic Applications
journal, November 2018

  • Duan, Sibin; Du, Zhe; Fan, Hongsheng
  • Nanomaterials, Vol. 8, Issue 11
  • DOI: 10.3390/nano8110949