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Li S, Jin H, Wang Y. Recent progress on the synthesis of metal alloy nanowires as electrocatalysts. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:2488-2515. [PMID: 36722933 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr06090f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Benefiting from both one-dimensional (1D) morphology and alloy composition, metal alloy nanowires have been exploited as advanced electrocatalysts in various electrochemical processes. In this review, the synthesis approaches for metal alloy nanowires are classified into two categories: direct syntheses and syntheses based on preformed 1D nanostructures. Ligand systems that are of critical importance to the formation of alloy nanowires are summarized and reviewed, together with the strategies imposed to achieve the co-reduction of different metals. Meanwhile, different scenarios that form alloy nanowires from pre-synthesized 1D nanostructures are compared and contrasted. In addition, the characterization and electrocatalytic applications of metal alloy nanowires are briefly discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shumin Li
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P.R. China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P.R. China.
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis (IAS), Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, P.R. China.
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Efficient methanol electrooxidation on activated pencil graphite electrode modified with PtCu catalyst. J APPL ELECTROCHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10800-022-01826-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Yao P, Cao J, Ruan M, Song P, Gong X, Han C, Xu W. Engineering PtCu nanoparticles for a highly efficient methanol electro-oxidation reaction. Faraday Discuss 2021; 233:232-243. [PMID: 34874380 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00047k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Achieving a highly efficient and durable methanol electro-oxidation catalyst in acid media is critical for the practical utilization of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) at the commercial scale. Herein, we report a facile and effective one-pot strategy for the synthesis of carbon-supported PtCu alloy nanoparticles (PtCu NPs) with a Pt-rich surface, small particle size and uniform dispersion. The as-prepared PtCu NPs with the optimal alloy composition (Pt2Cu) exhibit a significantly improved electrochemical methanol oxidation reaction performance in terms of a high activity, superior CO tolerance and remarkable durability, in contrast to those of commercial Pt/C catalysts in acid media. Particularly, the Pt2Cu/C catalyst exerts a 4.5 times enhancement in the mass activity and a larger If/Ib value compared to those of commercial Pt/C (Pt/Ccomm). The enhanced catalytic activities can be ascribed to the high utilization of Pt and the high index facets of the surface. Also, the addition of Cu downshifts the d-band center of Pt and improves the CO tolerance during the methanol oxidation reaction process. This work provides an efficient strategy for designing desired Pt-based alloys for various catalytic reactions.
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- Pengfei Yao
- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China. .,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China. .,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin, 130022, P. R. China. .,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P. R. China
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Wang QY, Wang CY, Tong YC, Xu XJ, Bai QL, Li SB. The catalytic activity of Pt nCu m (n = 1-3, m = 0-2) clusters for methanol dehydrogenation to CO. J Mol Model 2021; 27:215. [PMID: 34196847 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-021-04836-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A large number of experiments show that PtCu catalyst has a good catalytic effect on methanol decomposition. Therefore, density functional theory (DFT) was used to further study the dehydrogenation of methanol catalyzed by PtnCum (n = 1-3, m = 0-2). The energy diagrams of O-adsorption path and H-adsorption path were drawn. By calculation, the Pt is the active site of the whole reaction process, and the barrier energy of the rate-determining step is 11.09 kcal mol-1 by Pt2Cu, which is lower than that of Pt3 and PtCu2. However, the complete dehydrogenation product of methanol, CO, is easier to dissociate from PtCu2 clusters than from Pt3 and Pt2Cu clusters. Therefore, Cu doping can improve the catalytic activity and anti-CO toxicity of Pt to a certain extent.
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- Qing-Yun Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key laboratory of Hexi Corridor Resources Utilization of Gansu, Hexi University, Zhangye, 734000, People's Republic of China
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Khan IA, Badshah A, Shah FU, Assiri MA, Nadeem MA. Zinc-Coordination Polymer-Derived Porous Carbon-Supported Stable PtM Electrocatalysts for Methanol Oxidation Reaction. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:6780-6790. [PMID: 33748591 PMCID: PMC7970476 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Porous carbon (PC) is obtained by carbonizing a zinc-coordination polymer (MOF-5) at 950 °C and PtM (M = Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) nanoparticles (NPs), which are deposited on PC using the polyol method. Structural and morphological characterizations of the synthesized materials are carried out by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and the porosity was determined using a N2 adsorption/desorption technique. The results revealed that PtM NPs are alloyed in the fcc phase and are well dispersed on the surface of PC. The electrochemical results show that PtM/PC 950 catalysts have higher methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) performances than commercial Pt/C (20%) catalysts. After 3000 s of chronoamperometry (CA) test, the MOR performances decreased in the order of Pt1Cu1/PC 950 > Pt1Ni1/PC 950 > Pt1Fe1/PC 950 > Pt1Zn1/PC 950 > Pt1Co1/PC 950. The high MOR activities of the synthesized catalysts are attributed to the effect of M on methanol dissociative chemisorption and improved tolerance of Pt against CO poisoning. The high specific surface area and porosity of the carbon support have an additional effect in boosting the MOR activities. Screening of the first row transition metals (d 5+n , n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) alloyed with Pt binary catalysts for MOR shows that Pt with d 8 (Ni) and d 9 (Cu) transition metals, in equivalent atomic ratios, are good anode catalysts for alcohol fuel cells.
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- Inayat Ali Khan
- Catalysis
and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
- Chemistry
of Interfaces, Luleå University of
Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Catalysis
and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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- Chemistry
of Interfaces, Luleå University of
Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid
University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- Catalysis
and Nanomaterials Lab 27, Department of Chemistry, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan
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Shahvaranfard F, Ghigna P, Minguzzi A, Wierzbicka E, Schmuki P, Altomare M. Dewetting of PtCu Nanoalloys on TiO 2 Nanocavities Provides a Synergistic Photocatalytic Enhancement for Efficient H 2 Evolution. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:38211-38221. [PMID: 32706239 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c10968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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We investigate the co-catalytic activity of PtCu alloy nanoparticles for photocatalytic H2 evolution from methanol-water solutions. To produce the photocatalysts, a few-nanometer-thick Pt-Cu bilayers are deposited on anodic TiO2 nanocavity arrays and converted by solid-state dewetting via a suitable thermal treatment into bimetallic PtCu nanoparticles. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results prove the formation of PtCu nanoalloys that carry a shell of surface oxides. X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) data support Pt and Cu alloying and indicate the presence of lattice disorder in the PtCu nanoparticles. The PtCu co-catalyst on TiO2 shows a synergistic activity enhancement and a significantly higher activity toward photocatalytic H2 evolution than Pt- or Cu-TiO2. We propose the enhanced activity to be due to Pt-Cu electronic interactions, where Cu increases the electron density on Pt, favoring a more efficient electron transfer for H2 evolution. In addition, Cu can further promote the photoactivity by providing additional surface catalytic sites for hydrogen recombination. Remarkably, when increasing the methanol concentration up to 50 vol % in the reaction phase, we observe for PtCu-TiO2 a steeper activity increase compared to Pt-TiO2. A further increase in methanol concentration (up to 80 vol %) causes for Pt-TiO2 a clear activity decay, while PtCu-TiO2 still maintains a high level of activity. This suggests improved robustness of PtCu nanoalloys against poisoning from methanol oxidation products such as CO.
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- Fahimeh Shahvaranfard
- Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion WW4-LKO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 13, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion WW4-LKO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion WW4-LKO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, 80203 Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion WW4-LKO, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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