Engineering bunched Pt-Ni alloy nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction in practical fuel cells
Author(s) -
Xinlong Tian,
Xiao Zhao,
Yaqiong Su,
Lijuan Wang,
Hongming Wang,
Dai Dang,
Bin Chi,
Hongfang Liu,
Emiel J. M. Hensen,
Xiong Wen Lou,
Bao Yu Xia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aaw7493
Subject(s) - nanocages , platinum , catalysis , alloy , nickel , oxygen , oxygen reduction , materials science , oxygen reduction reaction , fuel cells , chemistry , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , electrochemistry , metallurgy , electrode , organic chemistry , engineering
Nanocage-chain fuel cell catalysts The expense and scarcity of platinum has driven efforts to improve oxygen-reduction catalysts in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Tianet al. synthesized chains of platinum-nickel alloy nanospheres connected by necking regions. These structures can be etched to form nanocages with platinum-rich surfaces that are highly active for oxygen reduction. In fuel cells running on air and hydrogen, these catalysts operated for at least 180 hours.Science , this issue p.850
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