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Title: Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition–Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media

Abstract

Here, platinum-modified first-row transition-metal catalyst (M = Ni, Co, and Cu) nanoparticles on a carbon black Vulcan XC-72R (CBV) support were synthesized using rotating disk slurry electrodeposition (RoDSE) followed by spontaneous galvanic displacement (SGD) reactions. These RoDSE–SGD catalysts were evaluated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 0.1 M KOH using rotating disk electrode techniques. The Ni and Co RoDSEs were done by using an electrochemical applied potential of -0.75 V versus the RHE and for Cu, -0.80 V versus the RHE using a CBV slurry solution containing 0.1 M KClO4. These metal nanoparticles on CBV (M/CBV) catalysts were modified with a Pt precursor via a spontaneous galvanic displacement (SGD) reaction, producing a Pt-M/CBV material to catalyze the ORR in an alkaline medium. High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (HR-STEM) analysis indicates that the PtM/CBV samples include M clusters and Pt single atoms. The ORR characterization measurements were done under a controlled temperature (25.0 °C) and with a mass loading of 100 μg/cm2 on a glassy carbon (GC) rotating disk electrode at 1600 rpm. The PtCo/CBV showed the highest ORR mass activity of 0.741 A/mgPt at 0.90 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) compared with commercial Pt/CBV. The M/CBV RoDSEmore » catalysts were also tested for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and Ni/CBV provided the lowest overpotential of 450 mV at 10 mA/cm2disk in 0.1 M KOH.« less

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. of Puerto Rico, PR (United States); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
  2. Univ. of Texas at El Paso, TX (United States)
  3. Univ. of Puerto Rico, PR (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  5. Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ (United States)
  6. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1913830
Report Number(s):
BNL-223883-2023-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2574-0962
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; DMR-1827622
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Energy Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2574-0962
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ORR; electrodeposition; electrocatalysis; interfaces; in situ XAS; first-row transition metals; OER

Citation Formats

Soto Pérez, Joesene J., Peña-Duarte, Armando, Trinidad, Pedro, Quintana, Gerardo, Zhao, Xueru, Sasaki, Kotaro, José Yacamán, Miguel, Mendoza-Cruz, Rubén, and Cabrera, Carlos R. Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition–Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media. United States: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1021/acsaem.2c02843.
Soto Pérez, Joesene J., Peña-Duarte, Armando, Trinidad, Pedro, Quintana, Gerardo, Zhao, Xueru, Sasaki, Kotaro, José Yacamán, Miguel, Mendoza-Cruz, Rubén, & Cabrera, Carlos R. Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition–Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02843
Soto Pérez, Joesene J., Peña-Duarte, Armando, Trinidad, Pedro, Quintana, Gerardo, Zhao, Xueru, Sasaki, Kotaro, José Yacamán, Miguel, Mendoza-Cruz, Rubén, and Cabrera, Carlos R. Thu . "Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition–Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.2c02843. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1913830.
@article{osti_1913830,
title = {Combined Rotating Disk Slurry Electrodeposition–Spontaneous Galvanic Displacement for Pt-M (M = Co, Ni, and Cu) Catalyst Synthesis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Media},
author = {Soto Pérez, Joesene J. and Peña-Duarte, Armando and Trinidad, Pedro and Quintana, Gerardo and Zhao, Xueru and Sasaki, Kotaro and José Yacamán, Miguel and Mendoza-Cruz, Rubén and Cabrera, Carlos R.},
abstractNote = {Here, platinum-modified first-row transition-metal catalyst (M = Ni, Co, and Cu) nanoparticles on a carbon black Vulcan XC-72R (CBV) support were synthesized using rotating disk slurry electrodeposition (RoDSE) followed by spontaneous galvanic displacement (SGD) reactions. These RoDSE–SGD catalysts were evaluated for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 0.1 M KOH using rotating disk electrode techniques. The Ni and Co RoDSEs were done by using an electrochemical applied potential of -0.75 V versus the RHE and for Cu, -0.80 V versus the RHE using a CBV slurry solution containing 0.1 M KClO4. These metal nanoparticles on CBV (M/CBV) catalysts were modified with a Pt precursor via a spontaneous galvanic displacement (SGD) reaction, producing a Pt-M/CBV material to catalyze the ORR in an alkaline medium. High-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (HR-STEM) analysis indicates that the PtM/CBV samples include M clusters and Pt single atoms. The ORR characterization measurements were done under a controlled temperature (25.0 °C) and with a mass loading of 100 μg/cm2 on a glassy carbon (GC) rotating disk electrode at 1600 rpm. The PtCo/CBV showed the highest ORR mass activity of 0.741 A/mgPt at 0.90 V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) compared with commercial Pt/CBV. The M/CBV RoDSE catalysts were also tested for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), and Ni/CBV provided the lowest overpotential of 450 mV at 10 mA/cm2disk in 0.1 M KOH.},
doi = {10.1021/acsaem.2c02843},
journal = {ACS Applied Energy Materials},
number = 12,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2022}
}

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