Platinum–Nickel Nanowires with Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Electrolysis
Abstract
Platinum–nickel (Pt–Ni) nanowires were developed as hydrogen evolving catalysts for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers. Following synthesis by galvanic displacement, the nanowires had Pt surface areas of 90 m2 gPt–1. The nanowire specific exchange current densities were 2–3 times greater than commercial nanoparticles and may benefit from the extended nanostructure morphology that avoids fringe facets and produces higher quantities of Pt{100}. Hydrogen annealing was used to alloy Pt and Ni zones and compress the Pt lattice. Following annealing, the nanowire activity improved to 4 times greater than the as-synthesized wires and 10 times greater than Pt nanoparticles. Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate the influence of lattice compression and exposed facet on the water-splitting reaction; it was found that at a lattice of 3.77 Å, the (100) facet of a Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt weakens hydrogen binding and lowers the barrier to water-splitting as compared to pure Pt(100). Moreover, the activation energy of water-splitting on the (100) facet of a Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt is particularly advantageous at 0.66 eV as compared to the considerably higher 0.90 eV required on (111) surfaces of pure Pt or Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt. This favorable effect may be slightly mitigated during furthermore »
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- Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Computational Science Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1012 14th Street, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 2317690
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1660241
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5900-77118
Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- ACS Catalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; anion exchange membrane; electrocatalysis; extended surfaces; hydrogen evolution; low temperature electrolysis
Citation Formats
Alia, Shaun M., Ha, Mai-Anh, Ngo, Chilan, Anderson, Grace C., Ghoshal, Shraboni, and Pylypenko, Svitlana. Platinum–Nickel Nanowires with Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Electrolysis. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.0c01568.
Alia, Shaun M., Ha, Mai-Anh, Ngo, Chilan, Anderson, Grace C., Ghoshal, Shraboni, & Pylypenko, Svitlana. Platinum–Nickel Nanowires with Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Electrolysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01568
Alia, Shaun M., Ha, Mai-Anh, Ngo, Chilan, Anderson, Grace C., Ghoshal, Shraboni, and Pylypenko, Svitlana. Tue .
"Platinum–Nickel Nanowires with Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Electrolysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01568.
@article{osti_2317690,
title = {Platinum–Nickel Nanowires with Improved Hydrogen Evolution Performance in Anion Exchange Membrane-Based Electrolysis},
author = {Alia, Shaun M. and Ha, Mai-Anh and Ngo, Chilan and Anderson, Grace C. and Ghoshal, Shraboni and Pylypenko, Svitlana},
abstractNote = {Platinum–nickel (Pt–Ni) nanowires were developed as hydrogen evolving catalysts for anion exchange membrane electrolyzers. Following synthesis by galvanic displacement, the nanowires had Pt surface areas of 90 m2 gPt–1. The nanowire specific exchange current densities were 2–3 times greater than commercial nanoparticles and may benefit from the extended nanostructure morphology that avoids fringe facets and produces higher quantities of Pt{100}. Hydrogen annealing was used to alloy Pt and Ni zones and compress the Pt lattice. Following annealing, the nanowire activity improved to 4 times greater than the as-synthesized wires and 10 times greater than Pt nanoparticles. Density functional theory calculations were performed to investigate the influence of lattice compression and exposed facet on the water-splitting reaction; it was found that at a lattice of 3.77 Å, the (100) facet of a Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt weakens hydrogen binding and lowers the barrier to water-splitting as compared to pure Pt(100). Moreover, the activation energy of water-splitting on the (100) facet of a Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt is particularly advantageous at 0.66 eV as compared to the considerably higher 0.90 eV required on (111) surfaces of pure Pt or Pt-skin grown on Ni3Pt. This favorable effect may be slightly mitigated during further optimization procedures such as acid leaching near-surface Ni, necessary to incorporate the nanowires into electrolyzer membrane electrode assemblies. Exposure to acid resulted in slight dealloying and Pt lattice expansion, which reduced half-cell activity, but exposed Pt surfaces and improved single-cell performance. Membrane electrode assembly performance was kinetically 1–2 orders of magnitude greater than Ni and slightly better than Pt nanoparticles while at one tenth the Pt loading. These electrocatalysts potentially exploit the highly active {100} facets and provide an ultralow Pt group metal option that can enable anion exchange membrane electrolysis, bridging the gap to proton exchange membrane-based systems.},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.0c01568},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 17,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01568
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