Pt3Re alloy nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Raciti, David; Kubal, Joseph; Ma, Cheng; Barclay, Michael; Gonzalez, Matthew; Chi, Miaofang; Greeley, Jeffrey; More, Karren L.; Wang, Chao

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.12.014

Pt₃Re alloy nanoparticles as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal Article · Fri Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.12.014· OSTI ID:1348298

Raciti, David ^[1]; Kubal, Joseph ^[2]; Ma, Cheng ^[3]; Barclay, Michael ^[4]; Gonzalez, Matthew ^[1]; Chi, Miaofang ^[3]; Greeley, Jeffrey ^[2]; More, Karren L. ^[3]; Wang, Chao ^[1]

Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Chemical Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Development of renewable energy technologies requires advanced catalysts for efficient electrical-chemical energy conversion reactions. Here in this paper, we report the study of Pt-Re alloy nanoparticles as an electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). An organic solution approach is developed to synthesize monodisperse and homogeneous Pt₃Re alloy nanoparticles. Electrochemical studies show that these nanoparticles exhibit an improvement factor of 4 in catalytic activity for the ORR compared to commercial Pt catalysts of similar particle sizes. Fundamental understanding of the structure-property relationship is established by combining material characterization using X-ray spectroscopy and atomically resolved electron microscopy, as well as Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. Lastly, our work revealed that an electronic modification of the surface properties of Pt by subsurface Re (ligand effect) accounts for the catalytic enhancement.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1348298

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1252011
OSTI ID: 22942739

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Journal Name: Nano Energy Journal Issue: C Vol. 20; ISSN 2211-2855

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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