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Scalable and Controllable Synthesis of Pt‐Ni Bunched‐Nanocages Aerogels as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

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Zheng, Yuanyuan, Petersen, Amanda Schramm, Wan, Hao, Hübner, René, Zhang, Jiangwei, Wang, Jianlan, Qi, Haoyuan, Ye, Yuhong +7 more·2023·Advanced Energy Materials
DOI 10.1002/aenm.202204257
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Developing efficient and stable Pt‐based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts via both economical and controllable routes is critical for the practical application of electrochemical energy devices. Herein, a scalable, controllable, and general ambient‐O 2‐involved aqueous‐solution cultivating strategy to prepare PtxMy (M = Ni, Fe, Co) bunched‐nanocages aerogels (BNCs AG) is demonstrated, based on a newly established high‐M‐to‐Pt‐precursor‐ratio‐and‐B‐incorporation‐facilitated M‐rich core and Pt‐rich shell hydrogel formation process. The Pt 83 Ni 17 BNCs AG shows prominent ORR performance with a mass activity (MA) of 1.95 A mg Pt−1 and specific activity of 3.55 mA cm−2, which are 8.9‐times and 9.6‐times that of Pt supported on carbon (Pt/C), respectively. Particularly, the Pt 83 Ni 17 BNCs AG displays greatly enhanced durability (MA 82.6% retention) compared to Pt/C (MA 31.8% retention) after a 20 000‐cycles accelerated durability test. Systematic studies including density functional theory calculations uncover that the excellent activity is closely related to the optimized ligand and strain effects with the optimized Ni content in this aerogel; the outstanding durability is endowed by the lowered‐down Ni leaching with the optimized Pt/Ni ratio and the inhibited sintering due to its appropriate porosity. This work provides new perspectives on the development of electrocatalysts with both high performance and low cost.

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  • The good intrinsic activity and electron transfer from metals, rich active sites, and reliable mass transfer from three-dimensional skeletons for MAs guarantee their feasibility as active electrocatalysts and supports of noble metals.

    “The good intrinsic activity and electron transfer frommetals, as well as the rich active sites and the reliable mass transfer from the three-dimensional skeletons for MAs guarantee their feasibility for use as the active electrocatalysts and the supports of noble metals.”

    From Interfacial electron modulation for Ru particles on Cu aerogel as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction (2024) · cites this paper as [23]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes metal aerogels as promising electrocatalysts and links their porous, interconnected metallic networks to active sites, rapid electron transfer, and mass diffusion. The paper does not establish their use as supports for noble metals; its Pt–Ni aerogels are themselves electrocatalysts. The claim’s statement that these properties guarantee both uses therefore goes beyond the source. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Carbon aerogels obtained through carbonization of freeze-dried hydrogels possess an interconnected porous three-dimensional conductive network, high internal surface areas, and a tunable composition design of their backbones.

    “Carbon aerogels, which can be obtained through carbonization of freeze- dried hydrogels, possess an interconnected porous three- dimensional conductive network, high internal surface areas, and a tunable composition design of their backbones.”

    From Polyoxometalates hydrogels derived porous conductive Pt@Mo <sub>2</sub> C carbon aerogels as self‐supporting electrocatalysts for enhancing alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (2025) · cites this paper as [39]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes metal aerogels with interconnected, conductive, porous 3D backbones and large surface areas, supporting the structural description only for a different material. The Results and Discussion (page unavailable) describes making Pt–Ni aerogels from hydrogels by supercritical CO₂ drying; it does not establish that carbon aerogels are made by carbonizing freeze-dried hydrogels or have tunable carbon backbones. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The reduction potentials of Ni2+/Ni and (PtCl6)2-/Pt are −0.25 VRHE and 0.74 VRHE, respectively.

    “Furthermore, the reduction potentials of Ni2+/Ni and (PtCl6)2-/Pt were − 0.25 VRHE and 0.74 VRHE, respectively [34].”

    From Controllable synthesis of Pt-rich shell/Mx core [M = Ni, Fe, Co] metal aerogels as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (2025) · cites this paper as [34]

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Zheng, Y., Petersen, A. S., Wan, H., Hübner, R., Zhang, J., Wang, J., Qi, H., Ye, Y., Liang, C., Yang, J., Cui, Z., Meng, Y., Zheng, Z., Rossmeisl, J., & Liu, W.
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  • Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (DE)
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (DE)
  • Inner Mongolia University (CN)
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
  • Guangdong Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology (CN)
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  • Liu, Wei
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2023-03-26
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  • 1614-6840
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10.1002/aenm.202204257
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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (52173296, 52061135103)
  • National Basic Research Program of China (2018YFA0702002)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2022A1515011826, 2021A1515010650)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Keywords
aerogels, oxygen reduction reaction, electrocatalysts, core-shell hydrogel, scalable synthesis, catalyst stability, sintering suppression, strain effects, ligand effects, porosity

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