耐久性
合金
材料科学
纳米颗粒
壳体(结构)
芯(光纤)
还原(数学)
化学工程
氧还原反应
氧气
氧还原
纳米技术
冶金
复合材料
化学
电化学
电极
工程类
物理化学
有机化学
数学
几何学
作者
Xiang Ao,Wei Zhang,Bote Zhao,Yong Ding,Gyutae Nam,Luke Soule,Ali Abdelhafiz,Chundong Wang,Meilin Liu
摘要
One of the key challenges that hinders broad commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells is the high cost and inadequate performance of the catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Here we report a composite ORR catalyst consisting of ordered intermetallic Pt-alloy nanoparticles attached to an N-doped carbon substrate with atomically dispersed Fe–N–C sites, demonstrating substantially enhanced catalytic activity and durability, achieving a half-wave potential of 0.923 V (vs. RHE) and negligible activity loss after 5000 cycles of an accelerated durability test. The composite catalyst is prepared by deposition of Pt nanoparticles on an N-doped carbon substrate with atomically dispersed Fe–N–C sites derived from a metal–organic framework and subsequent thermal treatment. The latter results in the formation of core–shell structured Pt-alloy nanoparticles with ordered intermetallic Pt3M (M = Fe and Zn) as the core and Pt atoms on the shell surface, which is beneficial to both the ORR activity and stability. The presence of Fe in the porous Fe–N–C substrate not only provides more active sites for the ORR but also effectively enhances the durability of the composite catalyst. The observed enhancement in performance is attributed mainly to the unique structure of the composite catalyst, as confirmed by experimental measurements and computational analyses. Furthermore, a fuel cell constructed using the as-developed ORR catalyst demonstrates a peak power density of 1.31 W cm−2. The strategy developed in this work is applicable to the development of composite catalysts for other electrocatalytic reactions.
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