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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Noble metal catalysts, particularly platinum, are crucial for fuel cell efficiency.
  • Core/shell architectures offer tunable catalytic properties.
  • Conventional Pt-shell catalysts face limitations due to lattice strain affecting oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and synthesize novel core/shell catalysts that overcome limitations of existing platinum-based ORR catalysts.
  • To investigate the synergistic effects of ligand and strain tuning in a sandwich-structured nanowire system.
  • To enhance the catalytic activity and durability of catalysts for fuel cell applications.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of palladium-tin/platinum-tin/platinum (PdSn/PtSn/Pt) sandwich-structured nanowires.
  • Utilizing tin's diffusion properties to create a sub-nanometer PtSn interlayer.
  • Characterization of intermetallic Pt-Sn bonds and their effect on platinum's d-band center and lattice strain.
  • Electrochemical testing for ORR activity and durability in fuel cell conditions.

Main Results:

  • The PtSn interlayer effectively downshifts the d-band center of platinum via ligand effects and optimizes compressive strain through tin diffusion.
  • The resulting PdSn/(PtSn/Pt) nanowires exhibit significantly enhanced ORR mass activity (4.26 A mgPt+Pd-1) and durability (<30% decay after 20,000 cycles).
  • An anion-exchange-membrane fuel cell utilizing these catalysts achieved a peak power density of 1.64 W cm-2 with high platinum utilization.

Conclusions:

  • The developed sandwich-structured nanowires offer a promising strategy for high-performance ORR electrocatalysis.
  • Synergistic ligand and strain engineering using intermetallic interlayers is effective in boosting catalyst efficiency and stability.
  • These findings advance the development of next-generation fuel cell catalysts with improved performance and Pt utilization.