@article{Hu2020, 
author = {Yezhou Hu and Yun Lu and Xueru Zhao and Tao Shen and Tonghui Zhao and Mingxing Gong and Ke Chen and Chenglong Lai and Jian Zhang and Huolin L. Xin and Deli Wang},
title = {Highly active N-doped carbon encapsulated Pd-Fe intermetallic nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction},
year = {2020},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {13},
number = {9},
pages = {2365-2370},
keywords = {palladium, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), Zn-air battery, carbon encapsulation strategy, ordered intermetallic nanoparticles},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-020-2856-z},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-020-2856-z},
abstract = {Developing highly efficient non-Pt catalysts for fuel cells and metal-air batteries is highly desirable but still challenging due to the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, a facile and efficient strategy is demonstrated to prepare N-doped carbon encapsulated ordered Pd-Fe intermetallic (O-Pd-Fe@NC/C) nanoparticles via a one-step thermal annealing method. The obtained O-Pd-Fe@NC/C nanoparticles show enhanced ORR activity, durability and anti-poisoning capacity in both acid and alkaline medium. When O-Pd-Fe@NC/C serving as cathode catalyst for Zn-air battery, it exhibits higher voltage platform and superior cycling performance with respect to the Zn-air battery based on the mixture of Pt/C and Ir/C catalysts. The enhanced electrocatalytic performance can be ascribed to the formation of face-centered tetragonal (fct) Pd-Fe nanoparticles, the protective action of the N-doped carbon layer and the interface confinement effect between them. The in situ formed N-doped carbon shell not only restrains the Pd-Fe ordered intermetallics from aggregating effectively during the thermal annealing process, but also provides a strong anchoring effect to avoid the detachment of Pd-Fe nanoparticles from the carbon support during the potential cycling. This facile carbon encapsulation strategy may also be extended to the preparation of a wide variety of N-doped carbon encapsulated intermetallic compounds for fuel cell application.}
}