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High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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Liu, Jing, Jiao, Menggai, Lu, Lanlu, Barkholtz, Heather M., Li, Yuping, Wang, Ying, Jiang, Luhua, Wu, Zhijian +12 more·2017·Nature Communications
DOI 10.1038/ncomms15938PMC PMC5527280
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For the large-scale sustainable implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in vehicles, high-performance electrocatalysts with low platinum consumption are desirable for use as cathode material during the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. Here we report a carbon black-supported cost-effective, efficient and durable platinum single-atom electrocatalyst with carbon monoxide/methanol tolerance for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction. The acidic single-cell with such a catalyst as cathode delivers high performance, with power density up to 680 mW cm−2 at 80 °C with a low platinum loading of 0.09 mg Pt cm−2, corresponding to a platinum utilization of 0.13 g Pt kW−1 in the fuel cell. Good fuel cell durability is also observed. Theoretical calculations reveal that the main effective sites on such platinum single-atom electrocatalysts are single-pyridinic-nitrogen-atom-anchored single-platinum-atom centres, which are tolerant to carbon monoxide/methanol, but highly active for the oxygen reduction reaction.

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  • In terms of overpotential and half-wave potential, the Au-Pt aerogel features a better or comparable performance to Au/Pt/C, Pd@PdPt, nanoporous PdNi, and carbon-supported Pt single-atom catalysts in either acidic or alkaline media.

    “from the view of overpotential and half-wave potential, the Au–Pt aerogel features a better or comparable performance as that of Au/Pt/C, Pd@PdPt, nanoporous PdNi, and carbon-supported Pt single-atom catalysts in either acidic and alkaline media (Table S5, Supporting Information).[41–44]”

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Liu, J., Jiao, M., Lu, L., Barkholtz, H. M., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Jiang, L., Wu, Z., Liu, D.-J., Zhuang, L., Ma, C., Zeng, J., Zhang, B., Su, D., Song, P., Xing, W., Xu, W., Wang, Y., Jiang, Z., & Sun, G.
Affiliations
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Argonne National Laboratory (US)
  • Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
  • Wuhan University (CN)
  • University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Xu, Weilin
  • Jiang, Zheng
  • Sun, Gongquan
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Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-07-24
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
15938-15938
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1038/ncomms15938
PMC
PMC5527280
OpenAlex
W2738062132
Cited by
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Language
en
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  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (20130522141JH)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (973 Program, 20130522141JH, 21433003, 21503211, U1601211, 21422307, 21503212, 21633008)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA09030104)
  • People's Government of Jilin Province (20130522141JH)
  • Jilin University
  • Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (21633008, U1601211, 2014CB932700)
  • Office of Energy Efficiency
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Keywords
platinum single-atom catalysts, oxygen reduction reaction, proton exchange membrane fuel cells, CO tolerance, methanol tolerance, low platinum loading, fuel cell durability, power density, electrocatalyst support

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