Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity on Pt-Monolayer-Shell PdIr/Ni-Core Catalysts
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., Stony Brook, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Platinum monolayer oxygen reduction reaction catalysts offer the most promising possibility of reducing the Pt content without sacrificing its fuel cell performance. Here, we present a facile way of preparing Pt monolayer shell on PdIr-based core catalysts with and without Ni sub-core. They showed much higher activity for oxygen reduction reaction than commercial Pt/C catalyst. Among tested samples, PtMLPd2Ir/Ni/C performs the best having Pt mass activity 14 times and Platinum Group Metal mass activity 0.8 times higher than that of Pt/C. In addition, accelerated durability test indicates its excellent durability, which was demonstrated by a 7.5% decrease in Platinum Group Metal mass activity compared to 64% for the commercial Pt/C catalyst. As a result, the role of Ni sub-core in oxygen reduction reaction activity and durability of PtML on PdIr-based catalysts was also elucidated.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1480984
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-209341-2018-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 165, Issue 15; ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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