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  • Nanotechnology
  • Catalysis

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  • Developing efficient catalysts is crucial for various chemical processes.
  • Ultrathin 2D nanomaterials offer high surface area but can be unstable.
  • Controlling surface structure is key to enhancing catalytic performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel surface-specific amorphization strategy for ultrathin 2D platinum nanodendrites (2D-PtNDs).
  • To engineer conformal platinum-metal (Pt-M) surface alloys with enhanced catalytic properties.
  • To establish a scalable method for creating amorphous alloy skins on noble metal catalysts.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a silica nanoshell confinement strategy to protect 2D-PtNDs during surface modification.
  • Employing sodium borohydride (NaBH4) treatment to induce surface-specific amorphization.
  • Investigating off-equilibrium redox exchange (antigalvanic alloying) for incorporating secondary metal ions (Pd, Ag, Au, Ru).

Main Results:

  • Achieved a surface-specific amorphization, creating an amorphous Pt
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  • rich in high-energy sites.
  • Successfully synthesized conformal Pt-M surface alloys with tunable compositions on 2D-PtNDs.
  • Demonstrated significantly enhanced electrocatalytic activity for ethanol oxidation, achieving ~89% Faradaic efficiency to CO2 and an order of magnitude higher mass activity than commercial Pt/C.
  • Showed that Ag alloying doubled the catalytic activity of bulk platinum substrates.

Conclusions:

  • The silica nanoshell strategy enables controlled surface amorphization and alloy formation without structural collapse.
  • The engineered amorphous alloy skins provide extraordinary reactivity and enhanced catalytic performance.
  • This work presents a general and scalable route for creating advanced noble metal catalysts with amorphous surface alloys for improved catalysis.