1. Two-stage confinement derived small-sized highly ordered L10-PtCoZn for effective oxygen reduction catalysis in PEM fuel cells.
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Chen, Zhenyu, Liu, Jia, Yang, Bin, Lin, Mingjie, Molochas, Costas, Tsiakaras, Panagiotis, and Shen, Peikang
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PROTON exchange membrane fuel cells , *OXYGEN reduction , *FUEL cells , *POWER density , *CATALYSIS , *GRAPHITIZATION - Abstract
[Display omitted] • A two stage confinement strategy assisted facile synthesis of 5.3 nm highly ordered PtCoZn/NC. • PtCoZn/NC ordering and graphitization are promoted by regulating composition and calcination-time. • High intrinsic activity (2.8 mA cm-2 Pt) and slight E 1/2 loss (9 mV) in ADT were achieved by PtCoZn/NC. • It is evidenced weaker O binding and stronger Pt-Co/Zn bonding enhance activity and durability. • The ionomer-free and anti-sintering feature of carbon-walls also benefit the MEA performance. Intermetallic ordered PtCo is effective for high oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity and stability. However, preparing small-sized, highly ordered PtM alloys is still challenging. Herein, we report a controlled two-stage confinement strategy, in which highly ordered PtCoZn/NC nanoparticles of 5.3 nm size were prepared in a scalable process. The contradiction between the high ordering degree with the small particle size as well as the atomic migration with the space confinement was well resolved. An outstanding PEMFC performance was achieved for L1 0 -PtCoZn/NC with a high mass activity (MA) of 1.21 A/mg Pt at 0.9 V iR-free , 80.1 % MA retention after 30 k cycles in H 2 -O 2 operation, and a high mass-specific power density of 8.24 W mg-1 Pt in H 2 -Air operation with a slight loss of cell voltage@0.8 A cm−2 of 28 mV after 30 k cycles. The high performance can be ascribed to the high Pt area exposure, the enhanced Pt-Co coupling, and the prevented agglomeration in the mesoporous carbon wall. Overall, this strategy may contribute to the commercialization of fuel cells. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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