Design of Advanced Thin-Film Catalysts for Electrooxidation of Formic Acid

Tripković, Dušan V.; Milošević, Dragana L.; Stevanović, Sanja I.; Popović, Ksenija Dj.; Jovanović, Vladislava M.; Lopes, Pietro P.; Martins, Pedro F. B. D.; Stamenković, Vojislav R.; Strmčnik, Dušan

doi:10.1021/acscatal.3c05520

Title: Design of Advanced Thin-Film Catalysts for Electrooxidation of Formic Acid

Journal Article · 30 January 2024 · ACS Catalysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c05520 · OSTI ID:2478080

^[1]; Milošević, Dragana L. ^[1];

^[1]; Popović, Ksenija Dj. ^[1]; Jovanović, Vladislava M. ^[1];

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University of Belgrade (Serbia)
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
University of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Successful development of catalysts for electrochemical formic acid oxidation (FAO) requires finding an optimal balance between catalytic performance (activity, stability, and selectivity) and catalyst cost. While platinum is one of the most active catalyst materials for FAO, it suffers from performance loss at low overpotentials due to poisoning with CO, which is one of the intermediates formed in the so-called indirect path of FAO. In this work, we explored the synergistic effects of the supporting material and annealing temperature on the performance of Pt thin films for FAO in acidic media. Compared to the as-prepared Pt films, the annealed films show up to 5-fold and 15-fold improvement for FAO on Pt@Ni and Pt@Cr, respectively. In conclusion, while the most active Pt@Ni thin film shows the lowest stability, the most active Pt@Cr thin film is also the most stable, challenging conventional trade-offs in electrocatalysis and providing a promising candidate for FAO nanocatalyst synthesis.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of Serbia; Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia; Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2478080

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 14; ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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