Engineering the electronic and strained interface for high activity of PdMcore@Ptmonolayer electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Nan, Haoxiong; Su, Ya-Qiong; Tang, Cheng; Cao, Rui; Li, Dong; Yu, Jia; Liu, Quanbing; Deng, Yijie; Tian, Xinlong

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.015

Title: Engineering the electronic and strained interface for high activity of PdM_core@Pt_monolayer electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

Journal Article · Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Science Bulletin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.015· OSTI ID:1646791

Nan, Haoxiong ^[1]; Su, Ya-Qiong ^[2]; Tang, Cheng ^[3]; Cao, Rui ^[4]; Li, Dong ^[1]; Yu, Jia ^[5]; Liu, Quanbing ^[6]; Deng, Yijie ^[7]; Tian, Xinlong ^[8]

Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou (China)
Eindhoven Univ. of Technology (Netherlands)
Univ. of Adelaide (Australia)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Guangdong Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou (China); South China Univ. of Technology, Guangzhou (China)
Dongguan Univ. of Technology (China)
Hainan Univ., Haikou (China)

Alloyed nanoparticles with core-shell structures provide a favorable model to modulate interfacial interaction and surface structures at the atomic level, which is important for designing electrocatalysts with high activity and durability. Herein, core-shell structured Pd₃M@Pt/C nanoparticles with binary PdM alloy cores (M = Fe, Ni, and Co) and a monolayer Pt shell were successfully synthesized with diverse interfaces. Among these, Pd₃Fe@Pt/C exhibited the best oxygen reduction reaction catalytic performance, roughly 5.4 times more than that of the commercial Pt/C catalyst used as reference. The significantly enhanced activity is attributed to the combined effects of strain engineering, interfacial electron transfer, and improved Pt utilization. Density functional theory simulations and extended X-ray absorption fine structure analysis revealed that engineering the alloy core with moderate lattice mismatch and alloy composition (Pd₃Fe) optimizes the surface oxygen adsorption energy, thereby rendering excellent electrocatalytic activity. Finally, future researches may use this study as a guide on the construction of highly effective core-shell electrocatalysts for various energy conversions and other applications.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; 2019RC007; 21606050; U1801257; 21905045; 21905056; 21805104; 2018A0303130239; 2018A0303130223; KYQD(ZR)1908; 201806010039

OSTI ID:: 1646791

Journal Information:: Science Bulletin, Vol. 65, Issue 16; ISSN 2095-9273

Publisher:: Elsevier; Science China PressCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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