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Synthesis of Platinum-nickel Nanowires and Optimization for Oxygen Reduction Performance
Published on: April 27, 2018
Precisely tuning the electronic structure of a structurally ordered PtCoFe alloy via a dual-component promoter
Qingmei Wang1, Hao Tang1, Meng Wang1
1State Key Laboratory of Power Transmission Equipment & System Security and New Technology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Chemical Process for Clean Energy and Resource Utilization, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China. csg810519@126.com wmeng@cqu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Optimizing the electronic structure of Pt-based alloys has emerged as an effective strategy to further improve their catalytic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance, yet this remains challenging. Here, we have successfully tuned the electronic structure of ordered PtCoFe nanoparticles by incorporating the third component (Fe) into a bimetallic ordered PtCo alloy and manipulating its content. With the merits of the optimum electronic structure and the favorable composition, as well as the robust ordered structure, the as-prepared ordered PtCoFe-1-0.6 alloy (1 and 0.6 represent the feeding molar ratio of Co to Pt and Fe to Pt, respectively) exhibits enhanced catalytic performance for ORR. The L10-PtCoFe-1-0.6 alloy delivers higher specific activity (2.23 mA cm-2) than bimetallic L10-PtCo-1 (1.34 mA cm-2) and the commercial Pt/C (0.23 mA cm-2) catalyst. Indeed, this dual-catalytic-component promoter strategy gives a significant insight into developing high-performance homogeneous catalysts.
