Oxygen Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Nanoporous Ag Catalysts

Zhou, Yang; Lu, Qi; Zhuang, Zhongbin; Hutchings, Gregory S.; Kattel, Shyam; Yan, Yushan; Chen, Jingguang G.; Xiao, John Q.; Jiao, Feng

doi:10.1002/aenm.201500149

Title: Oxygen Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Nanoporous Ag Catalysts

Journal Article · Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201500149· OSTI ID:1214526

Zhou, Yang ^[1]; Lu, Qi ^[2]; Zhuang, Zhongbin ^[3]; Hutchings, Gregory S. ^[3]; Kattel, Shyam ^[4]; Yan, Yushan ^[3]; Chen, Jingguang G. ^[5]; Xiao, John Q. ^[1]; Jiao, Feng ^[3]

Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering; Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Dept.

Here we report a monolithic nanoporous Ag (np-Ag) material, synthesized using the dealloying method, as high-performance catalysts for ORR in alkaline media. As shown in Scheme 1, when there is insufficient potential input, the O₂ molecules are more likely to rebound off from a planar electrode surface (i.e. bulk polycrystalline metal, films made from nanoparticles or nanowires) before they could be reduced. In contrast, they are more likely to be trapped inside the monolithic nanoporous structure, contacting with catalytic surface for multiple time, which greatly enhances the chance for them to be fully reduced. As a result, the np-Ag catalyst is able to achieve an equivalent or better ORR performance than the state-of the-art Pt/C catalyst at low overpotentials, which is most desired in electrochemical energy applications for maximizing efficiency.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: DE-SC00112704

OSTI ID:: 1214526

Report Number(s):: BNL-108336-2015-JA; KC0302010

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 13; ISSN 1614-6832

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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