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Singha T, Tomar S, Chakraborty S, Das S, Satpati B. Improved Alcohol Oxidation through Combined Effects of Tensile Lattice Strain and Twin Defects in Core-Shell Electrocatalysts. Small 2024:e2309736. [PMID: 38459644 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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The direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) rely on alcohol oxidation reactions (AORs) to produce electricity, which require catalysts with optimized electronic structure to accelerate the sluggish AORs. Herein, an epitaxial growth of Pd layer onto the pentatwinned Au@Ag core-shell nanorods (NRs) is reported to synthesize highly strained Au@AgPd core-shell NRs. The tensile strain in the AgPd shell of the Au@AgPd nanorods (NRs) arises not only from the core-shell lattice mismatch but also from twinning and lattice distortion occurring at the five twinned boundaries present in the structure. Theoretical simulations prove that the presence of tensile strains in the AgPd layer leads to a significant upward shift of the d-band center of the Pd site toward the Fermi level which remarkably changes the adsorption energy of alcohols on the surface. Highly strained Au@AgPd NRs show exceptional mass activities in electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived alcohols (ethylene glycol, ethanol, and glycerol) reaching up to 18.66, 15.6, and 7.90 A mgpd -1 , respectively. These values are 23.3, 23.6, and 23.2 times higher than commercial Pd/C catalysts. This strain engineering strategy set the platform for the design and synthesis of highly efficient and versatile catalysts for the construction of high-performance DAFCs.
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- Tukai Singha
- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Material Theory for Energy Scavenging (MATES) Lab, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Prayagraj, 211019, India
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- Material Theory for Energy Scavenging (MATES) Lab, Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhunsi, Prayagraj, 211019, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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- Surface Physics & Material Science Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India
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Fu H, Chen Z, Chen X, Jing F, Yu H, Chen D, Yu B, Hu YH, Jin Y. Modification Strategies for Development of 2D Material-Based Electrocatalysts for Alcohol Oxidation Reaction. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023:e2306132. [PMID: 38044296 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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2D materials, such as graphene, MXenes (metal carbides and nitrides), graphdiyne (GDY), layered double hydroxides, and black phosphorus, are widely used as electrocatalyst supports for alcohol oxidation reactions (AORs) owing to their large surface area and unique 2D charge transport channels. Furthermore, the development of highly efficient electrocatalysts for AORs via tuning the structure of 2D support materials has recently become a hot area. This article provides a critical review on modification strategies to develop 2D material-based electrocatalysts for AOR. First, the principles and influencing factors of electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols (such as methanol and ethanol) are introduced. Second, surface molecular functionalization, heteroatom doping, and composite hybridization are deeply discussed as the modification strategies to improve 2D material catalyst supports for AORs. Finally, the challenges and perspectives of 2D material-based electrocatalysts for AORs are outlined. This review will promote further efforts in the development of electrocatalysts for AORs.
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- Haichang Fu
- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, 49931, USA
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Jiaojiang, Zhejiang, 318000, China
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Wu D, Hao J, Wang W, Yu Y, Fu XZ, Luo JL. Energy-saving H 2 Generation Coupled with Oxidative Alcohol Refining over Bimetallic Phosphide Ni 2 P-CoP Junction Bifunctional Electrocatalysts. ChemSusChem 2021; 14:5450-5459. [PMID: 34585535 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The realization of large-scale H2 production from electrocatalytic water splitting is severely impeded by the kinetically sluggish and economically less viable anodic oxygen evolution reaction. Here, an efficient strategy was established for the concurrent H2 production and oxidative alcohols refining into value-added formate by utilizing self-supported Ni2 P-CoP bifunctional electrocatalysts. Benefiting from high intrinsic activity, abundant active sites, and synergistic promoting effects of bimetallic phosphides, the constructed two-electrode electrolyzer required a cell voltage of around 1.3 V to achieve 10 mA cm-2 , which is more than 200 mV lower than that of pure water splitting. Moreover, simultaneous productions of H2 with near-unity conversion efficiency and formate at high faradaic efficiencies of 99.8 and 89.6 % oxidatively produced from methanol and glycerol, respectively, were achieved with excellent durability. This work presents a general and economic approach toward the fabrication of cost-effective electrocatalysts for energy-efficient and profitable large-scale renewable energy integration.
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- Dan Wu
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
- Chinese Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, 100068, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- Chinese Institute of Rehabilitation Science, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing, 100068, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, P. R. China
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Zhao G, Fang C, Hu J, Zhang D. Platinum-Based Electrocatalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: Enhanced Performances toward Alcohol Oxidation Reactions. Chempluschem 2021; 86:574-586. [PMID: 33830678 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the past few decades, Pt-based electrocatalysts have attracted great interests due to their high catalytic performances toward the direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC). However, the high cost, poor stability, and the scarcity of Pt have markedly hindered their large-scale utilization in commerce. Therefore, enhancing the activity and durability of Pt-based electrocatalysts, reducing the Pt amount and thus the cost of DAFC have become the keys for their practical applications. In this minireview, we summarized some basic concepts to evaluate the catalytic performances in electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation reaction (AOR) including electrochemical active surface area, activity and stability, the effective approaches for boosting the catalytic AOR performance involving size decrease, structure and morphology modulation, composition effect, catalyst supports, and assistance under other external energies. Furthermore, we also presented the remaining challenges of the Pt-based electrocatalysts to achieve the fabrication of a real DAFC.
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- Guili Zhao
- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China
- Institute of Synthesis and Application of Medical Materials, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecular-Based Materials, Center for Nano Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Clean Energy of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory for New-Energy Vehicle Battery Energy-Storage Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, P. R. China
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Zhang S, Liu K, Liu Z, Liu M, Zhang Z, Qiao Z, Ming L, Gao C. Highly Strained Au-Ag-Pd Alloy Nanowires for Boosted Electrooxidation of Biomass-Derived Alcohols. Nano Lett 2021; 21:1074-1082. [PMID: 33448860 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Although strain engineering is effective in boosting the activities of noble metal catalysts, it remains desirable to construct fully strained catalysts to push the activity to even higher levels. Herein, we report a novel route to strong lattice strains of a Pd-based catalyst by radial growth of a Pd-rich phase on Au-Ag alloy nanowires that are no thicker than 1.5 nm. It creates not only tensile strains in the Pd-rich sheath due to the core-sheath lattice mismatch but also distortion and twinning of the lattice, producing nonhomogeneous local strains as hotspots for the catalysis. Toward the electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived alcohols including ethanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol, the highly strained nanowires outperformed their less strained counterparts and reached up to 13.6, 18.2, and 11.1 A mgPd-1, respectively. This strain engineering strategy may open new avenues to highly efficient catalysts for direct alcohol fuel cells and many other applications.
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- Shumeng Zhang
- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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- Fengcheng Advanced Energy Materials Research Institute, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315500, China
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- Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, and State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, China
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Ji Q, Zhou Y, Xiang C, Zhang G, Li J, Liu H, Qu J. Manipulation of Neighboring Palladium and Mercury Atoms for Efficient *OH Transformation in Anodic Alcohol Oxidation and Cathodic Oxygen Reduction Reactions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020; 12:12677-12685. [PMID: 32092252 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The synergetic effect of neighboring heterogeneous atoms is capable of enabling unexpected catalytic performance, and the design of a well-ordered atomic structure and elaborating the underlying interactions are crucial for the development of superior electrocatalysts in fuel cells. We demonstrate here that an ordered Pd-Hg intermetallic alloy with dimensions of several nanometers can be subtly manipulated using a mild wet-chemical reduction approach. On the basis of combined results of XPS and HAADF-STEM analysis, the adjacent regions of metallic atoms were found to be evenly occupied by heterogeneous elements from the distribution features of the surface structure. Due to charge transfer from Hg to neighboring Pd, the down-shift of the d-band center in PdHg alloys was theoretically beneficial for desorption of crucial intermediates (*OH), both in anodic ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) and in cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In the presence of Hg atoms with lower *OH desorption energy, the rapid dissociation of *OH from Pd facilitated the final H2O formation, with superior ORR efficiency comparable to Pt/C catalysts. Remarkably, the rapid combination of *OH on Hg atoms with CH3CO* on neighboring Pd atoms unambiguously favored generation of acetate ions (rate-determining) in the catalytic EOR process, resulting in a high mass activity (7.68 A per mgPd). This well-ordered atomic structure also shows excellent long-term stability in ethylene glycol oxidation reaction and ORR.
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- Qinghua Ji
- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Center for Water and Ecology, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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Sun Y, Li Y, Qin Y, Wang L, Guo S. Interfacial Engineering in PtNiCo/NiCoS Nanowires for Enhanced Electrocatalysis and Electroanalysis. Chemistry 2019; 26:4032-4038. [PMID: 31769895 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Searching for new anti-poisoning Pt-based catalysts with enhanced activity for alcohol oxidation is the key in direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). However, in the traditional strategy for designing bimetallic or multimetallic alloy is still difficult to achieve a satisfactory heterogeneous electrocatalyst because the activity often depends on only the surface atoms. Herein, we fabricate the multicomponent active sites by creating a sulfide structure on 1D PtNiCo trimetallic nanowires (NWs), to give a PtNiCo/NiCoS interface NWs (IFNWs). Owing to the presence of sulfide interfaces, the PtNiCo/NiCoS IFNWs enable an impressive methanol/ethanol oxidation reaction (MOR/EOR) performance and excellent anti-CO poisoning tolerance. They have the MOR and EOR mass activities of 2.25 Amg-1 Pt and 1.62 Amg-1 Pt , around 1.26, 3.21 and 1.46, 2.96 times higher than those of PtNiCo NWs and commercial Pt/C, respectively. CO-stripping and XPS measurements further demonstrate that the new interfacial structure and optimal bonding of Pt-CO can result in accelerating the removal of surface adsorbed carbonaceous intermediates. Moreover, such a unique structure has also demonstrated a much-improved ability for the electrochemical detection of some important molecules (H2 O2 and NH2 NH2 ).
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- Yingjun Sun
- Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.,Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China.,Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Taishan Scholar Advantage and Characteristic Discipline Team of Eco Chemical Process and Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.,BIC-ESAT, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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Kang YQ, Xue Q, Zhao Y, Li XF, Jin PJ, Chen Y. Selective Etching Induced Synthesis of Hollow Rh Nanospheres Electrocatalyst for Alcohol Oxidation Reactions. Small 2018; 14:e1801239. [PMID: 29882268 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201801239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The hollow noble metal nanostructures have attracted wide attention in catalysis/electrocatalysis. Here a two-step procedure for constructing hollow Rh nanospheres (Rh H-NSs) with clean surface is described. By selectively removing the surfactant and Au core of Au-core@Rh-shell nanostructures (Au@Rh NSs), the surface-cleaned Rh H-NSs are obtained, which contain abundant porous channels and large specific surface area. The as-prepared Rh H-NSs exhibit enhanced inherent activity for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) compared to state-of-the-art Pt nanoparticles in alkaline media. Further electrochemical experiments show that Rh H-NSs also have high activity for the electrooxidation of formaldehyde and formate (intermediate species in the course of the MOR) in alkaline media. Unfortunately, Rh H-NSs have low electrocatalytic activity for the ethanol and 1-propanol oxidation reactions in alkaline media. All electrochemical results indicate that the order of electrocatalytic activity of Rh H-NSs for alcohol oxidation reaction is methanol (C1 ) > ethanol (C2 ) > 1-propanol (C3 ). This work highlights the synthesis route of Rh hollow nanostructures, and indicates the promising application of Rh nanostructures in alkaline direct methanol fuel cells.
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- Yong-Qiang Kang
- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, West Chang'an Avenue, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, West Chang'an Avenue, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, West Chang'an Avenue, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Institute of Advanced Electrochemical Energy, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, 710048, China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, West Chang'an Avenue, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shaanxi Engineering Lab for Advanced Energy Technology, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, West Chang'an Avenue, Chang'an District, Xi'an, 710119, P. R. China
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Patel MA, Luo F, Khoshi MR, Rabie E, Zhang Q, Flach CR, Mendelsohn R, Garfunkel E, Szostak M, He H. P-Doped Porous Carbon as Metal Free Catalysts for Selective Aerobic Oxidation with an Unexpected Mechanism. ACS Nano 2016; 10:2305-2315. [PMID: 26751165 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b07054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An extremely simple and rapid (seconds) approach is reported to directly synthesize gram quantities of P-doped graphitic porous carbon materials with controlled P bond configuration. For the first time, it is demonstrated that the P-doped carbon materials can be used as a selective metal free catalyst for aerobic oxidation reactions. The work function of P-doped carbon materials, its connectivity to the P bond configuration, and the correlation with its catalytic efficiency are studied and established. In direct contrast to N-doped graphene, the P-doped carbon materials with higher work function show high activity in catalytic aerobic oxidation. The selectivity trend for the electron donating and withdrawing properties of the functional groups attached to the aromatic ring of benzyl alcohols is also different from other metal free carbon based catalysts. A unique catalytic mechanism is demonstrated, which differs from both GO and N-doped graphene obtained by high temperature nitrification. The unique and unexpected catalytic pathway endows the P-doped materials with not only good catalytic efficiency but also recyclability. This, combined with a rapid, energy saving approach that permits fabrication on a large scale, suggests that the P-doped porous materials are promising materials for "green catalysis" due to their higher theoretical surface area, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and low cost.
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- Mehulkumar A Patel
- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Jilin University , 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University , 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University , 73 Warren Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, United States
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