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A general strategy for bimetallic Pt-based nano-branched structures as highly active and stable oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation bifunctional catalysts

Show Author's Information Wenjuan Lei1,2,4,§,  Menggang Li2,§,  Lin He2,  Xun Meng2,  Zijie Mu3,  Yongsheng Yu1,2( ),  Frances M. Ross4( ),  Weiwei Yang2( )
Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Physics and Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Normal University, Changchun 130103, China
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

§ Wenjuan Lei and Menggang Li contributed equally to this work.

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oxygen reduction reaction, electrocatalysts, methanol oxidation reaction, Pt-based bimetallic alloy, nano-branched structure
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The morphology and size of Pt-based bimetallic alloys are known to determine their electrocatalytic performance in reactions relevant to fuel cells. Here, we report a general approach for preparing Pt-M (M = Fe, Co and Ni) bimetallic nano-branched structure (NBs) by a simple high temperature solution-phase synthesis. As-prepared Pt-M NBs show a polycrystalline structure and are rich in steps and kinks on the surface, which promote them favorable bifunctional catalytic properties in acidic electrolytes, specifically in terms of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). Specially, Pt-Co NBs/C catalyst shows 6.1 and 5.3 times higher in specific activity (SA) and mass activity (MA) for ORR than state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C catalysts, respectively. Moreover, it exhibits a loss of 4.0% in SA and 14.4% in MA after 10,000 cycles of accelerated durability tests (ADTs) compared with the initial activities. In addition, we also confirmed the superior MOR activity of Pt-Co NBs/C catalyst in acidic electrolytes. For Pt-M NBs with other alloying metals, the ORR and MOR activities are both higher than commercial catalysts and are in the sequence of Pt-Co/C > Pt-Fe/C > Pt-Ni/C > commercial Pt/C (or PtRu/C). The improved activities and durability can benefit from the morphological and compositional effects. This synthesis approach may be applied to develop bifunctional catalysts with enhanced ORR and MOR properties for future fuel cells designs.


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A general strategy for bimetallic Pt-based nano-branched structures as highly active and stable oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation bifunctional catalysts

Show Author's information Wenjuan Lei1,2,4,§, Menggang Li2,§, Lin He2, Xun Meng2, Zijie Mu3, Yongsheng Yu1,2( ), Frances M. Ross4( ), Weiwei Yang2( )
Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Physics and Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Normal University, Changchun 130103, China
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

§ Wenjuan Lei and Menggang Li contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

The morphology and size of Pt-based bimetallic alloys are known to determine their electrocatalytic performance in reactions relevant to fuel cells. Here, we report a general approach for preparing Pt-M (M = Fe, Co and Ni) bimetallic nano-branched structure (NBs) by a simple high temperature solution-phase synthesis. As-prepared Pt-M NBs show a polycrystalline structure and are rich in steps and kinks on the surface, which promote them favorable bifunctional catalytic properties in acidic electrolytes, specifically in terms of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). Specially, Pt-Co NBs/C catalyst shows 6.1 and 5.3 times higher in specific activity (SA) and mass activity (MA) for ORR than state-of-the-art commercial Pt/C catalysts, respectively. Moreover, it exhibits a loss of 4.0% in SA and 14.4% in MA after 10,000 cycles of accelerated durability tests (ADTs) compared with the initial activities. In addition, we also confirmed the superior MOR activity of Pt-Co NBs/C catalyst in acidic electrolytes. For Pt-M NBs with other alloying metals, the ORR and MOR activities are both higher than commercial catalysts and are in the sequence of Pt-Co/C > Pt-Fe/C > Pt-Ni/C > commercial Pt/C (or PtRu/C). The improved activities and durability can benefit from the morphological and compositional effects. This synthesis approach may be applied to develop bifunctional catalysts with enhanced ORR and MOR properties for future fuel cells designs.

Keywords: oxygen reduction reaction, electrocatalysts, methanol oxidation reaction, Pt-based bimetallic alloy, nano-branched structure

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Received: 08 November 2019
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Published: 07 March 2020
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51571072 and 51871078), Heilongjiang Science Foundation (No. E2018028), the China Scholarship Council, and the NSF MRSEC Program (DMR-14-19807).

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