Core-Shell Structuring of Pure Metallic Aerogels towards Highly Efficient Platinum Utilization for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Cai, Bin; Hübner, René; Sasaki, Kotaro; Zhang, Yuanzhe; Su, Dong; Ziegler, Christoph; Vukmirovic, Miomir B.; Rellinghaus, Bernd; Adzic, Radoslav R.; Eychmüller, Alexander

doi:10.1002/anie.201710997

Title: Core-Shell Structuring of Pure Metallic Aerogels towards Highly Efficient Platinum Utilization for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Journal Article · Thu Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201710997· OSTI ID:1425037

Cai, Bin ^[1]; Hübner, René ^[2]; Sasaki, Kotaro ^[3]; Zhang, Yuanzhe ^[4]; Su, Dong ^[3]; Ziegler, Christoph ^[4]; Vukmirovic, Miomir B. ^[3]; Rellinghaus, Bernd ^[5]; Adzic, Radoslav R. ^[3];

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Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, (Germany)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Technische Univ. Dresden (Germany)
Leibniz Inst. for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Dresden (Germany)

Abstract The development of core–shell structures remains a fundamental challenge for pure metallic aerogels. Here we report the synthesis of Pd _x Au‐Pt core–shell aerogels composed of an ultrathin Pt shell and a composition‐tunable Pd _x Au alloy core. The universality of this strategy ensures the extension of core compositions to Pd transition‐metal alloys. The core–shell aerogels exhibited largely improved Pt utilization efficiencies for the oxygen reduction reaction and their activities show a volcano‐type relationship as a function of the lattice parameter of the core substrate. The maximum mass and specific activities are 5.25 A mg _Pt ⁻¹ and 2.53 mA cm ⁻² , which are 18.7 and 4.1 times higher than those of Pt/C, respectively, demonstrating the superiority of the core–shell metallic aerogels. The proposed core‐based activity descriptor provides a new possible strategy for the design of future core–shell electrocatalysts.

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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:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1425037

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1419897

Report Number(s):: BNL-200018-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Vol. 57, Issue 11; ISSN 1433-7851

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