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Chemical Precipitation Method for the Synthesis of Nb2O5 Modified Bulk Nickel Catalysts with High Specific Surface Area
Published on: February 19, 2018
Surface-modified Pt1Ni1-Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles with abundant Pt-Ni(OH)2 interfaces enhance electrocatalytic properties
Yuchen Qin1, Hongying Zhuo2, Xiaoyu Liang3
1College of Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450000, China. qinyuchen@henau.edu.cn and State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China. Zhangxin@cup.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Pt-Based catalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) are highly susceptible to poisoning due to the surface adsorption of reaction intermediates such as COads. Depositing Pt nanoparticles (NPs) on Ni(OH)2 to fabricate Pt-Ni(OH)2 interfaces is considered as a promising method to improve the stability of Pt-based catalysts because Ni(OH)2 could facilitate water dissociation in alkaline electrolytes to form OH adspecies and assist in the oxidative removal of COads on adjacent Pt sites. However, this supported structure rather limited Pt-Ni(OH)2 interfaces because only a small fraction of the Pt NP surface could come into contact with Ni(OH)2. Herein, this work has addressed a simple and efficient strategy to engineer novel-structure catalysts by tuning the properties of the interface of Pt-based NPs with high-index facets (HIFs). Pt1Ni1-Ni(OH)2 nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized through Ni(OH)2 partially covering the HIFs of monodisperse Pt1Ni1 concave nanocubes (CNCs) in situ. Pt-Ni(OH)2 interfaces were characterized and over 40% of the Pt surface active sites fall within the periphery of Ni(OH)2. Thanks to the synergy of HIFs and abundant Pt-Ni(OH)2 interfaces, Pt1Ni1-Ni(OH)2 NPs exhibited remarkable catalytic performance towards the MOR in alkaline solution.
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