Indexed by: Research Article

First Author: Liang, Jiashun

Correspondence Author: Huang,Xiaoqing,Huang,Bolong,Bu,Lingzheng,Li,Qing

Co-author: Zhou,Xiaochun,Ma,Yanhang,Zhan,Changhong,Sun,Mingzi,Huang,Ju,Ning,Fandi

Journal: Advanced Materials

Affiliation of Author(s): 华中科技大学

Place of Publication: 美国

Document Type: Article

Volume: 35

Issue: 11

Page Number: 2208672

ISSN No.: 1521-4095

Key Words: Fuel Cells; Low Coordination; Membrane Electrode Assembly; Nanosaws; Oxygen Reduction Reaction

DOI number: 10.1002/adma.202208672

Date of Publication: 2022-12-27

Impact Factor: 27.4

Abstract: Developing high-performance catalysts for fuel cell catalysis is the most critical and challenging step for the commercialization of fuel cell technology. Here 1D trimetallic platinum–iron–cobalt nanosaws (Pt3FeCo NSs) with low-coordination features are designed as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for practical fuel cell catalysis. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of Pt3FeCo NSs (10.62 mA cm−2 and 4.66 A mg−1Pt at 0.90 V) is more than 25-folds higher than that of the commercial Pt/C, even after 30 000 voltage cycles. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the strong inter-d-orbital electron transfer minimizes the ORR barrier with higher selectivity at robust valence states. The volcano correlation between the intrinsic structure featured with low-coordination Pt-sites and corresponding electronic activities is discovered, which guarantees high ORR activities. The Pt3FeCo NSs located in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) also achieve very high peak power density (1800.6 mW cm−2) and competitive specific/mass activities (1.79 mA cm−2 and 0.79 A mg−1Pt at 0.90 ViR-free cell voltage) as well as a long-term lifetime in specific H2O2 medium for proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells, ranking top electrocatalysts reported to date for MEA. This work represents a class of multimetallic Pt-based nanocatalysts for practical fuel cells and beyond.