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Top-Down Synthesis of Nanostructured Platinum−Lanthanide Alloy Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts: PtxPr/C as an Example

Fichtner, J. Garlyyev, B. Watzele, S. El-Sayed, HA. Schwammlein, JN. Li, WJ. Maillard, FM. Dubau, L. Michalicka, J. Macak, JM. Holleitner, A. Bandarenka, AS

Original Title

Top-Down Synthesis of Nanostructured Platinum−Lanthanide Alloy Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts: PtxPr/C as an Example

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great interest for future sustainable energy conversion and storage, especially concerning fuel cell applications. The preparation of active, affordable, and scalable electrocatalysts and their application in fuel cell engines of hydrogen cars is a prominent step toward the reduction of air pollution, especially in urban areas. Alloying nanostructured Pt with lanthanides is a promising approach to enhance its catalytic ORR activity, whereby the development of a simple synthetic route turned out to be a nontrivial endeavor. Herein, for the first time, we present a successful single-step, scalable top-down synthetic route for Pt− lanthanide alloy nanoparticles, as witnessed by the example of Pr-alloyed Pt nanoparticles. The catalyst was characterized by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoelectron spectroscopy, and its electrocatalytic oxygen reduction activity was investigated using a rotating disk electrode technique. PtxPr/C showed ∼3.5 times higher [1.96 mA/cm2 Pt, 0.9 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)] specific activity and ∼1.7 times higher (0.7 A/mgPt, 0.9 V vs RHE) mass activity compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts. On the basis of previous findings and characterization of the PtxPr/C catalyst, the activity improvement over commercial Pt/C originates from a lattice strain introduced by the alloying process.

Keywords

electrocatalysis, cathodic corrosion, fuel cell, oxygen reduction, lanthanides, platinum alloys, top-down synthesis

Authors

Fichtner, J.; Garlyyev, B.; Watzele, S.; El-Sayed, HA.; Schwammlein, JN.; Li, WJ.; Maillard, FM.; Dubau, L.; Michalicka, J. ; Macak, JM. ; Holleitner, A.; Bandarenka, AS

Released

6. 2. 2019

ISBN

1944-8252

Periodical

ACS applied materials & interfaces

Year of study

11

Number

5

State

United States of America

Pages from

5129

Pages to

5135

Pages count

7

URL

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.8b20174

BibTex

@article{BUT156493,
  author="Fichtner, J. and Garlyyev, B. and Watzele, S. and El-Sayed, HA. and Schwammlein, JN. and Li, WJ. and Maillard, FM. and Dubau, L. and Michalicka, J. and Macak, JM. and Holleitner, A. and Bandarenka, AS",
  title="Top-Down Synthesis of Nanostructured Platinum−Lanthanide Alloy Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts: PtxPr/C as an Example",
  journal="ACS applied materials & interfaces",
  year="2019",
  volume="11",
  number="5",
  pages="5129--5135",
  doi="10.1021/acsami.8b20174",
  issn="1944-8252",
  url="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.8b20174"
}