Improved oxygen reduction reactivity of platinum monolayers on transition metal surfaces
The research described in this product was performed in part in the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a national scientific user facility sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research and located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The catalytic activity of platinum monolayers supported on close-packed transition metal surfaces (Au(111), Pt(111), Pd(111) and Ir(111)) is investigated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by generating free energy diagrams and performing Sabatier analysis based on periodic, self-consistent density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Three different ORR mechanisms, involving direct or hydrogen assisted activation of O₂, are considered. At the ORR equilibrium potential of 1.23 V, the reactivity of all surfaces is shown to be limited by the rate of OH removal from the surface. At a cell potential of 0.80 V, the ORR reactivity of different surfaces is dictated by the strength of oxygen adsorption, with OH removal via hydrogenation and O–O bond scission in either O₂, O₂H or H₂O₂ being the rate-limiting steps for surfaces with stronger and weaker oxygen binding, respectively. Among the surfaces studied, Pt monolayer on a Pd(111) substrate shows the highest reactivity and is more active than Pt(111). These results are in excellent agreement with our earlier experimental and theoretical work, which was based on a simpler model for the ORR.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 959181
- Journal Information:
- Surface Science, 602(14):L89-94, Vol. 602, Issue 14; ISSN 0039-6028
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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