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Wang Z, Wu J, Liu L, Wu W, Wang Y, Huang H, Deng F, Liu X. Platinum Cluster Decoration on Hollow Carbon Spheres for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024. [PMID: 38988010 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Currently, platinum (Pt)/carbon support composite materials have tremendous application prospects in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). However, one of the primary challenges for boosting their performance is designing a substrate with the desired microstructure. Herein, the intact hollow carbon spheres (HCSs) were prepared via template method. Based on the morphology variation of the as-prepared HCSs-x, we conjectured that the polydopamine (PDA) core was generated first and then slowly grew into a complete overburden (SiO2@PDA). Afterward, Pt atomic clusters were anchored on the outer shells of HCSs-4 to construct composite electrocatalysts (Pty/HCSs-4) by a chemical reduction method. Due to the low charge-transfer resistance, the HCSs have a large electrochemical surface area and provide a continuous electron transport pathway, boosting the atom utilization efficiency during hydrogen production and release. The synthesized Pt2.5/HCSs-4 electrocatalysts exhibit excellent HER activity in acidic media, which can be ascribed to the compositional modulation and delicate structural design. Specifically, when the overpotential is 10 A g-1, the overpotential can achieve 92 mV. This work opens a new route to fabricate Pt-based electrocatalysts and brings a new understanding of the formation mechanism of HCSs.
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- Zhijun Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jinggangshan University, Ji'an, Jiangxi 343009, P.R. China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui 241002, P.R. China
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Küspert S, Campbell IE, Zeng Z, Balaghi SE, Ortlieb N, Thomann R, Knäbbeler-Buß M, Allen CS, Mohney SE, Fischer A. Ultrasmall and Highly Dispersed Pt Entities Deposited on Mesoporous N-doped Carbon Nanospheres by Pulsed CVD for Improved HER. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311260. [PMID: 38634299 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Vapor-based deposition techniques are emerging approaches for the design of carbon-supported metal powder electrocatalysts with tailored catalyst entities, sizes, and dispersions. Herein, a pulsed CVD (Pt-pCVD) approach is employed to deposit different Pt entities on mesoporous N-doped carbon (MPNC) nanospheres to design high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) electrocatalysts. The influence of consecutive precursor pulse number (50-250) and deposition temperature (225-300 °C) are investigated. The Pt-pCVD process results in highly dispersed ultrasmall Pt clusters (≈1 nm in size) and Pt single atoms, while under certain conditions few larger Pt nanoparticles are formed. The best MPNC-Pt-pCVD electrocatalyst prepared in this work (250 pulses, 250 °C) reveals a Pt HER mass activity of 22.2 ± 1.2 A mg-1 Pt at -50 mV versus the reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE), thereby outperforming a commercially available Pt/C electrocatalyst by 40% as a result of the increased Pt utilization. Remarkably, after optimization of the Pt electrode loading, an ultrahigh Pt mass activity of 56 ± 2 A mg-1 Pt at -50 mV versus RHE is found, which is among the highest Pt mass activities of Pt single atom and cluster-based electrocatalysts reported so far.
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- Sven Küspert
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence livMatS, Cluster of Excellence livMatS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence livMatS, Cluster of Excellence livMatS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Heidenhofstraße 2, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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- Electron Physical Science Imaging Center, Diamond Light Source Ltd, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, UK
- Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3HP, UK
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA
- Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 19, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (IAAC), University of Freiburg, Albertstraße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Straße 21, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence livMatS, Cluster of Excellence livMatS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Freiburg Center for Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 105, 79110, Freiburg, Germany
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Yan W, Xing Q, Ren J, Feng H, Yu J, Liu H, Chen W, Wang K, Chen Y. Enhanced Activity of Small Pt Nanoparticles Decorated with High-Loading Single Fe─N 4 for Methanol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction via the Assistive Active Sites Strategy. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024; 20:e2308473. [PMID: 37972267 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202308473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Decorating platinum (Pt) with a single atom offers a promising approach to tailoring their catalytic activity. In this study, for the first time, an innovative assistive active sites (AAS) strategy is proposed to construct high-loading (3.46wt.%) single Fe─N4 as AAS, which are further hybridized with small Pt nanoparticles to enhance both oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) activities. For ORR, the target catalyst (Pt/HFeSA-HCS) exhibits a higher mass activity (MA) of 0.98 A mgPt -1 and specific activity (SA) of 1.39 mA cmPt -2 at 0.90 V versus RHE. As for MOR, Pt/HFeSA-HCS shows exceptional MA (3.21 A mgPt -1) and SA (4.27 mA cmPt -2) at peak values, surpassing commercial Pt/C by 15.3 and 11.5 times, respectively. The underlying mechanism behind this AAS strategy is to find that in MOR, Fe─N4 promotes water dissociation, generating more *OH to accelerate the conversion of *CO to CO2. Meanwhile, in ORR, Fe─N4 acts as a competitor to adsorb *OH, weakening Pt─OH bonding and facilitating desorption of *OH on the Pt surface. Constructing AAS that can enhance dual functionality simultaneously can be seen as a successful "kill two birds with one stone" strategy.
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- Wei Yan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, 266580, P. R. China
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Ma T, Li W, Li J, Duan W, Gao F, Liao G, Li J, Wang C. Multisite Cocatalysis: Single atomic Pt 2+/Pt 0 active sites synergistically improve the simulated sunlight driven H 2O-to-H 2 conversion performance of Sb 2S 3 nanorods. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 658:476-486. [PMID: 38128191 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.12.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Single atomic metal (SAM) cocatalysis is a potential strategy to improve the performance of photocatalytic materials. However, the cocatalytic mechanism of SAM sites in different valence states is rarely reported. Herein, single atomic Pt2+/Pt0 active sites were anchored on Sb2S3 nanorods to synergistically improve the photoactivity for hydrogen production under simulated sunlight. Experimental results and density functional theory calculations indicated that the coexistence of single atomic Pt2+/Pt0 sites synergistically improves the broadband light harvesting and promotes the Sb2S3-to-Pt electron transfer following inhibited photoexciton recombination kinetics and enhanced H proton adsorption capacity, resulting higher and more durable photoactivity for hydrogen production. Therefore, the optimal Sb2S3-Pt0.9‰ composite catalyst achieved remarkably enhanced hydrogen evolution rate of 1.37 mmol∙g-1∙h-1 (about 105-fold greater of that of Sb2S3 NRs) under faintly alkaline condition, and about 5.41 % of apparent quantum yield (AQY700 nm) was achieved, which shows obvious superiority in hydrogen production by contrasting with the reported Sb2S3-based photocatalysts and conventional semiconductor photocatalytic materials modified with noble metals. This study elucidate a well-defined mechanism of multisite cocatalysis for photoactivity improvement.
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- Tenghao Ma
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Chemical Additives for Industry, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China
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- College of Bioresources Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science & Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.
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- School of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710021, China.
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Zhang Y, Yang L, Sun Y, Lin G, Manners I, Qiu H. Surface-Initiated Living Self-Assembly of Polythiophene-Based Conjugated Block Copolymer into Erect Micellar Brushes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202315740. [PMID: 38195825 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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Nanostructured conjugated polymers are of widespread interest due to their broad applications in organic optoelectronic devices, biomedical sensors and other fields. However, the alignment of conjugated nanostructures perpendicular to a surface remains a critical challenge. Herein, we report a facile method to directly self-assemble a poly(3-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophene), P3EHT-based block copolymer into densely aligned micellar brushes through surface-initiated living crystallization-driven self-assembly. The presence of an ethyl pendant on the side group intrinsically moderates the crystallization rate of the polythiophene main chains, and hence favors the controlled living growth of long conjugated fibers and the subsequent fabrication of conjugated micellar brushes. The corona of the micellar brush can be further decorated with platinum nanoparticles, which enables the formation of erect nanoarrays with heights up to 2700 nm in the dried state. This also renders the micellar brush catalytically active toward hydrogen evolution reaction, which shows a low overpotential of 27 mV at 10 mA cm-2 . Notably, the P3EHT-based micellar brush can simultaneously grow with polyferrocenyldimethylsilane, PFS-based micellar brush on the same surface without any significant interference between the two systems. Thus, these two micellar brushes can be patterned through site-selective immobilization of two types of seeds followed by independent living self-assembly.
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- Yuheng Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P5 C2, Canada
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Ratwani CR, Karunarathne S, Kamali AR, Abdelkader AM. Transforming Nature's Bath Sponge into Stacking Faults-Enhanced Ag Nanorings-Decorated Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:5847-5856. [PMID: 38284621 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c16115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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The rational design of cost-effective and efficient electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting is essential for green hydrogen production. Utilizing nanocatalysts with abundant active sites, high surface area, and deliberate stacking faults is a promising approach for enhancing catalytic efficiency. In this study, we report a simple strategy to synthesize a highly efficient electrocatalyst for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using carbonized luffa cylindrica as a conductive N-doped carbon skeleton decorated with Ag nanorings that are activated by introducing stacking faults. The introduction of stacking faults and the resulting tensile strain into the Ag nanorings results in a significant decrease in the HER overpotential, enabling the use of Ag as an efficient HER electrocatalyst. Our findings demonstrate that manipulating the crystal properties of electrocatalysts, even for materials with intrinsically poor catalytic activity such as Ag, can result in highly efficient catalysts. Further, applying a conductive carbon backbone can lower the quantities of metal needed without compromising the HER activity. This approach opens up new avenues for designing high-performance electrocatalysts with very low metallic content, which could significantly impact the development of sustainable and cost-effective electrochemical water-splitting systems.
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- Chirag R Ratwani
- Department of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, U.K
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- Department of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, U.K
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- Energy and Environmental Materials Research Centre (E2MC), School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0FS, U.K
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- Department of Design and Engineering, Faculty of Science & Technology, Bournemouth University, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, U.K
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Gao X, Dai S, Teng Y, Wang Q, Zhang Z, Yang Z, Park M, Wang H, Jia Z, Wang Y, Yang Y. Ultra-Efficient and Cost-Effective Platinum Nanomembrane Electrocatalyst for Sustainable Hydrogen Production. NANO-MICRO LETTERS 2024; 16:108. [PMID: 38315294 PMCID: PMC10844191 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01324-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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Hydrogen production through hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) offers a promising solution to combat climate change by replacing fossil fuels with clean energy sources. However, the widespread adoption of efficient electrocatalysts, such as platinum (Pt), has been hindered by their high cost. In this study, we developed an easy-to-implement method to create ultrathin Pt nanomembranes, which catalyze HER at a cost significantly lower than commercial Pt/C and comparable to non-noble metal electrocatalysts. These Pt nanomembranes consist of highly distorted Pt nanocrystals and exhibit a heterogeneous elastic strain field, a characteristic rarely seen in conventional crystals. This unique feature results in significantly higher electrocatalytic efficiency than various forms of Pt electrocatalysts, including Pt/C, Pt foils, and numerous Pt single-atom or single-cluster catalysts. Our research offers a promising approach to develop highly efficient and cost-effective low-dimensional electrocatalysts for sustainable hydrogen production, potentially addressing the challenges posed by the climate crisis.
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- Xiang Gao
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory for Microstructures, Institute of Materials, Shanghai University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Advanced Metallic Materials, Southeast University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang C, Chen Z, Yang H, Luo Y, Qun Tian Z, Kang Shen P. Surface-structure tailoring of Dendritic PtCo nanowires for efficient oxygen reduction reaction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:1597-1608. [PMID: 37666192 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Platinum-based alloy nanowire catalysts demonstrates great promise as electrocatalysts to facilitate the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, it is still challenge to further improve the Pt atom utilization of Pt based nanowires featuring inherent structural stability. Herein, a new structure of PtCo nanowire with nanodendrites was developed using CO-assistance solvent thermal method. The dendrite structure with an average length of about 7 nm are characterized by a Pt-rich surface and the high-index facets of {533}, {331} and {311}, and grows from the ultra-fine wire structure with an average diameter of about 3 nm. PtCo nanowires with nanodendrites developed in this work shows outstanding performance for ORR, in which its mass activity of 1.036 A/mgPt is 5.76 times, 1.74 times higher than that of commercial Pt/C (0.180 A/mgPt) and PtCo nanowires without nanodendrites (0.595 A/mgPt), and its mass activity loss is only 18% under the accelerated durability tests (ADTs) for 5k cycles. The significant improvement is attributed to high exposure of active sites induced by the dendrite structure with Pt-rich surface with the high-index facets and Pt-rich surface. This structure may provide a new idea for developing novel 1D Pt based electrocatalysts.
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- Chenyue Zhang
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China.
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Institute of Science and Technology for Carbon Peak & Neutrality, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Materials, State Key Laboratory of Featured Metal Materials and Life-cycle Safety for Composite Structures, Nanning 530004, China.
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