Pt alloy nanoparticles decorated on large-size nitrogen-doped graphene tubes for highly stable oxygen-reduction catalysts
Abstract
Pt alloy nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72 (Pt/C) are the most effective catalysts for kinetically sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. However, significant performance degradation has been observed with the Pt/C catalysts due to agglomeration and Ostwald ripening of Pt nanoparticles largely resulting from the corrosion of carbon supports. In this paper, we developed a Pt alloy catalyst through annealing Pt nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen/metal co-doped large-size graphene tubes (NGTs). The in-situ formation of PtM (M: Co and Ni) alloy during the annealing process contributes to the improvement of the catalytic activity and stability. During the accelerated stress tests (AST), after 20 000 potential cycles (0.6–1.0 V vs. RHE), the retained electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of the PtM/NGT catalyst is more than 2 times larger than that of the Pt/C catalyst. As for the AST tests of carbon corrosion, after 30 000 potential cycles (1.0–1.5 V vs. RHE) at room temperature, the NGT morphologies are well maintained and no ECSA loss of this PtM catalyst is observed, indicating excellent corrosion-resistance. Even at harsher 60 °C, the PtM/NGT catalyst exhibits only insignificant loss (6 mV) of E1/2 while the Pt/C catalyst shows significant degradation (47 mVmore »
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- Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1476277
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- OSTI ID: 1469234
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- BNL-209135-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
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- SC0012704
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nanoscale
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 36; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Chen, Mengjie, Hwang, Sooyeon, Li, Jiazhan, Karakalos, Stavros, Chen, Kate, He, Yanghua, Mukherjee, Shreya, Su, Dong, and Wu, Gang. Pt alloy nanoparticles decorated on large-size nitrogen-doped graphene tubes for highly stable oxygen-reduction catalysts. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1039/C8NR05888A.
Chen, Mengjie, Hwang, Sooyeon, Li, Jiazhan, Karakalos, Stavros, Chen, Kate, He, Yanghua, Mukherjee, Shreya, Su, Dong, & Wu, Gang. Pt alloy nanoparticles decorated on large-size nitrogen-doped graphene tubes for highly stable oxygen-reduction catalysts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR05888A
Chen, Mengjie, Hwang, Sooyeon, Li, Jiazhan, Karakalos, Stavros, Chen, Kate, He, Yanghua, Mukherjee, Shreya, Su, Dong, and Wu, Gang. Mon .
"Pt alloy nanoparticles decorated on large-size nitrogen-doped graphene tubes for highly stable oxygen-reduction catalysts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR05888A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1476277.
@article{osti_1476277,
title = {Pt alloy nanoparticles decorated on large-size nitrogen-doped graphene tubes for highly stable oxygen-reduction catalysts},
author = {Chen, Mengjie and Hwang, Sooyeon and Li, Jiazhan and Karakalos, Stavros and Chen, Kate and He, Yanghua and Mukherjee, Shreya and Su, Dong and Wu, Gang},
abstractNote = {Pt alloy nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72 (Pt/C) are the most effective catalysts for kinetically sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. However, significant performance degradation has been observed with the Pt/C catalysts due to agglomeration and Ostwald ripening of Pt nanoparticles largely resulting from the corrosion of carbon supports. In this paper, we developed a Pt alloy catalyst through annealing Pt nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen/metal co-doped large-size graphene tubes (NGTs). The in-situ formation of PtM (M: Co and Ni) alloy during the annealing process contributes to the improvement of the catalytic activity and stability. During the accelerated stress tests (AST), after 20 000 potential cycles (0.6–1.0 V vs. RHE), the retained electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of the PtM/NGT catalyst is more than 2 times larger than that of the Pt/C catalyst. As for the AST tests of carbon corrosion, after 30 000 potential cycles (1.0–1.5 V vs. RHE) at room temperature, the NGT morphologies are well maintained and no ECSA loss of this PtM catalyst is observed, indicating excellent corrosion-resistance. Even at harsher 60 °C, the PtM/NGT catalyst exhibits only insignificant loss (6 mV) of E1/2 while the Pt/C catalyst shows significant degradation (47 mV loss in E1/2). Finally, the improved stability of PtM/NGT catalyst is attributed to the highly graphitized NGTs and possible synergistic effects between the NGT carbon support and the PtM alloy nanoparticles.},
doi = {10.1039/C8NR05888A},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 36,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {9}
}
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