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- Title
Ultra-Small Nanoparticles of Pd-Pt-Ni Alloy Octahedra with High Lattice Strain for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
- Authors
Luo, Yuanyan; Lou, Wenhua; Feng, Huiyan; Liu, Zhihang; Chen, Qiuyan; Liao, Guizhen; Huang, Xiaoting; Tsiakaras, Panagiotis; Shen, Peikang
- Abstract
The design and synthesis of ultra-small-sized Pt-based catalyst with specific effects for enhancing the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an effective way to improve the utilization of Pt. Herein, Pt-Pd-Ni octahedra nanoparticles characterized by the ultra-small size of 4.71 nm were synthesized by a Pd seed-inducing-growth route. Initially, Pd nanocubes were synthesized under solvothermal conditions; subsequently, Pt-Ni was deposited in the Pd seed solution. The Pd seeds were oxidized into Pd2+ and combined with Pt2+ and Ni2+ in the solution and finally formed the ternary alloy small-sized octahedra. In the synthesis process of the ultra-small Pt-Pd-Ni octahedra, Pd nanocube seed played an important role. In addition, the size of the Pt-Pd-Ni octahedra could be regulated by adjusting the concentration rate of Pt-Ni. The ultra-small Pt-Pd-Ni octahedra formation by depositing Pt-Ni with a feeding ratio of 2:1 showed good ORR activity, and the high half-wave potential was 0.933 V. In addition, the Pt-Pd-Ni octahedra showed an enhanced mass activity of 0.93 A mg−1 Pt+Pd in ORR, which was 5.81 times higher than commercial Pt/C. The theoretical calculation shows that compared to Pt/C, the small-sized ternary alloy octahedra had an obvious contraction strain effect (contraction rate: 3.49%). The alloying effect affected the d-band center of the Pt negative shift. In the four-electron reaction, Pt-Pd-Ni ultra-small octahedra exhibited the lowest overpotential, resulting in the adsorption performance to become optimized. Therefore, the Pd seed-inducing-growth route provides a new idea for exploring the synthesis of small-sized nanoparticle catalysts.
- Subjects
OXYGEN reduction; OCTAHEDRA; TERNARY forms; NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE synthesis
- Publication
Catalysts (2073-4344), 2023, Vol 13, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
2073-4344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/catal13010097