探测单个Pt原子,原子集群和纳米颗粒对进化反应的尺寸和基质影响
Min Zhou1, Shujuan Bao1, Allen J Bard1
1Center for Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas 78712 , United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 25, 2019
概括
单个原子和纳米粒子催化了电化学演化反应 (HER). 沉积量和基质 (比斯木或) 显著影响HER动力学,单个原子显示可测量的活性.
科学领域:
- 电化学
- 材料科学
- 催化剂
背景情况:
- 电化学演变反应 (HER) 对可持续能源技术至关重要.
- 了解单个金属原子和纳米粒子的催化活性是设计高效电催化剂的关键.
- (Pt) 是一个众所周知的HER催化剂,但其在单原子水平上的活性需要进一步研究.
研究的目的:
- 对HER的 (Bi) 和 (Pb) 基板上孤立的沉积物的尺寸依赖的催化活性进行研究.
- 阐明基板材料对单个Pt原子和纳米粒子的电化学性能的影响.
- 确定能够催化HER的Pt沉积物的最小大小.
主要方法:
- 在Bi和Pb超微电极上 (UMEs) 制备孤立的Pt沉积物 (单个原子到纳米粒子).
- 电压测量以测量单个Pt沉积物的HER电催化放大.
- 通过模拟伏特图的动力参数估计,假设HER的Volmer步骤.
主要成果:
- 一个Pt原子可以对HER表现出催化活性,显示扩散限制电流平原.
- 在Bi和Pb基板上,HER动力学随着Pt沉积半径的增加,从大约0. 2nm增加到4nm.
- 在Bi基板上限制HER的动力学接近Pt的动力学,而在Pb基板上,动力学明显较低.
结论:
- 分离的Pt原子对HER具有催化作用.
- 对HER的Pt沉积物的催化活性强烈依赖于其尺寸和底层.
- 比斯穆比更有效地增强了沉积物的HER动力学.
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