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Efficient Bifunctional Polyalcohol Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Enabled by Ultrathin PtPdM (M = Ni, Fe, Co) Nanosheets
Author(s) -
Lai Jianping,
Lin Fei,
Tang Yonghua,
Zhou Peng,
Chao Yuguang,
Zhang Yelong,
Guo Shaojun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced energy materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.08
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1614-6840
pISSN - 1614-6832
DOI - 10.1002/aenm.201800684
Subject(s) - bifunctional , electrocatalyst , materials science , catalysis , oleylamine , nanomaterial based catalyst , redox , overpotential , nanotechnology , electrochemistry , oxygen reduction , chemical engineering , electrode , metallurgy , nanoparticle , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Despite intense research in past decades, the development of high‐performance bifunctional catalysts for direct ethylene glycol or glycerol oxidation reaction (EGOR or GOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) remains a grand challenge in realizing fuel‐cell technologies for portable electronic devices and fuel‐cell vehicle applications. Here, a general method is reported for controllable synthesis of a class of ultrathin multimetallic PtPdM (M = Ni, Fe, Co) nanosheets (NSs) with a thickness of only 1.4 nm by coreduction of metal precursors in the presence of CO and oleylamine. With the optimized composition and components, ultrathin Pt 32 Pd 48 Ni 20 NSs exhibit the highest electrocatalytic activity for EGOR, GOR, and ORR among all different ultrathin PtPdM NSs, ultrathin PtPd NSs, and the commercial catalysts. The mass activities of ultrathin Pt 32 Pd 48 Ni 20 NSs for EGOR, GOR, and ORR are 7.7, 5.4, and 7.7 times higher respectively than a commercial catalyst, and they are the most efficient nanocatalysts ever reported for EGOR/GOR. The ultrathin PtPdNi NSs are also very stable for EGOR/GOR/ORR. It is further demonstrated that these ultrathin multimetallic NSs can be readily generalized to other sensor‐related electrocatalysis system such as high‐sensitivity electrochemical detection of H 2 O 2 .