Origin of Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity on "Pt3Co" Nanoparticles: Atomically Resolved Chemical Compositions and Structures

被引：245

作者：

Chen, Shuo ^{[1
]}

Sheng, Wenchao ^{[2
]}

Yabuuchi, Naoaki ^{[1
]}

Ferreira, Paulo J. ^{[3
]}

Allard, Lawrence F. ^{[4
]}

Shao-Horn, Yang ^{[1
,5
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Mech Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[2] MIT, Dept Chem, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[3] Univ Texas Austin, Mat Sci & Engn Program, Austin, TX 78712 USA

[4] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, High Temp Mat Lab, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[5] MIT, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C | 2009年 / 113卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

PLATINUM STEPPED SURFACES; SINGLE-CRYSTAL SURFACES; SULFURIC-ACID ANIONS; IN-SITU; PT-CO; PARTICLE-SIZE; ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE; MONOLAYER ELECTROCATALYSTS; BIMETALLIC SURFACES; ALLOY;

D O I：

10.1021/jp807143e

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Rotating disk electrode measurements of acid-treated "Pt3Co" nanoparticles showed specific oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity (similar to 0.7 mA/cm(pt)(2) at 0.9 V vs RHE in 0.1 M HClO4 at room temperature), twice that of Pt nanoparticles. Upon annealing at 1000 K in vacuum, the ORR activity at 0.9 V was increased to similar to 1.4 mA/cM(pt)(2) (four times that of Pt nanoparticles). High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and aberration-corrected high-angle annular dark-field in the scanning transmission electron microscope was used to reveal surface atomic structure and chemical composition variations of "Pt3Co" nanoparticles on the atomic scale. Such information was then correlated to averaged Pt-Pt distance obtained from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data, surface coverage of oxygenated species from cyclic voltammograms, and synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy. It is proposed that ORR activity enhancement of acid-leached "Pt3Co" relative to Pt nanoparticles is attributed to the formation of a percolated structure with Pt-rich and Pt-poor regions within individual particles, while the increase in the specific ORR activity of annealed "Pt3Co" nanoparticles relative to Pt can be attributed to the presence of surface Pt segregation.

引用

页码：1109 / 1125

页数：17

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