Oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt monolayer shell highly affected by the structure of bimetallic AuNi cores

Chen, Guangyu; Kuttiyiel, Kurian A.; Su, Dong; Li, Meng; Wang, Chiu -Hui; Buceta, David; Du, Chunyu; Gao, Yunzhi; Yin, Geping; Sasaki, Kotaro; Vukmirovic, Miomir B.; Adzic, Radoslav R.

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00500

Oxygen reduction kinetics on Pt monolayer shell highly affected by the structure of bimetallic AuNi cores

Journal Article · Tue Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00500· OSTI ID:1329922

Chen, Guangyu ^[1]; Kuttiyiel, Kurian A. ^[2]; Su, Dong ^[2]; Li, Meng ^[2]; Wang, Chiu -Hui ^[2]; Buceta, David ^[2]; Du, Chunyu ^[3]; Gao, Yunzhi ^[3]; Yin, Geping ^[3]; Sasaki, Kotaro ^[2]; Vukmirovic, Miomir B. ^[2]; Adzic, Radoslav R. ^[2]

Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China)

Here, we describe pronounced effects of structural changes of the AuNi cores on the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of a Pt monolayer shell. The study of alloyed AuNi nanoparticles compared with AuNi core–shell structured nanoparticles revealed configurations having different electronic and electrochemical properties. Controlled alloying of Au with Ni was essential to tune the electronic properties of Au interacting with the Pt monolayer shell to achieve suitable adsorption of O₂ on Pt for expediting the ORR. The alloyed AuNi nanoparticles made the Pt shell more catalytically active for the ORR than the core–shell structured AuNi nanoparticles. The Pt monolayer supported on the alloyed AuNi nanoparticles showed the Pt mass and specific activities as high as 1.52 A mg^–1 and 1.18 mA cm^–2, respectively, with almost no loss over 5 000 cycles of stability test. This high ORR activity is ascribed to the role of nonspecific steric configuration of Ni atoms changing the electronic properties of the alloy that affect the oxygen and water interaction with the Pt shell and facilitate increased ORR kinetics.

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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) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1329922

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1354474

Report Number(s):: BNL--112748-2016-JA; KC0302010

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 28; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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