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Nickel supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst in alkaline electrolyte

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Zhuang, Zhongbin, Giles, Stephen A., Zheng, Jie, Jenness, Glen R., Caratzoulas, Stavros, Vlachos, Dionisios G., Yan, Yushan·2016·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms10141
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The development of a low-cost, high-performance platinum-group-metal-free hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell is hindered by the lack of a hydrogen oxidation reaction catalyst at the anode. Here we report that a composite catalyst, nickel nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes, has hydrogen oxidation activity similar to platinum-group metals in alkaline electrolyte. Although nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes are a very poor hydrogen oxidation catalyst, as a support, it increases the catalytic performance of nickel nanoparticles by a factor of 33 (mass activity) or 21 (exchange current density) relative to unsupported nickel nanoparticles. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the nitrogen-doped support stabilizes the nanoparticle against reconstruction, while nitrogen located at the edge of the nanoparticle tunes local adsorption sites by affecting the d-orbitals of nickel. Owing to its high activity and low cost, our catalyst shows significant potential for use in low-cost, high-performance fuel cells.

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Authors
Zhuang, Z., Giles, S. A., Zheng, J., Jenness, G. R., Caratzoulas, S., Vlachos, D. G., & Yan, Y.
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Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-01-14
Volume
7
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1
Pages
10141-10141
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2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/ncomms10141
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