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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 630, Issue -, Pages 375-384Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.09.139
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Electrocatalysis; PdCu nanoplates; Oxygen reduction reaction; Optimized d-band center; Methanol-tolerance
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This study designs bimetallic palladium-copper nanoplates with outstanding oxygen reduction activity and methanol tolerance as a new cathodic catalyst for DMFCs, exhibiting excellent activity and stability in alkaline electrolyte and holding significant importance for future applications in DMFCs.
The methanol-poisoning of electrocatalysts at the cathodic part of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) can severely degrade the overall efficiency. Therefore, engineering cathodic catalysts with outstanding oxygen reduction activity, and simultaneously, superior methanol tolerance is greatly desired. Herein, bimetallic palladium-copper (PdCu) nanoplates with the optimized d-band center are designed as promising cathodic catalysts for DMFCs. It shows outstanding oxygen reduction activity with a mass activity (MA) of 0.522 A mg(Pd)(-1) in alkaline electrolyte, overwhelming the benchmarked commercial Pt/C and Pd/C. Meanwhile, it has prominent stability with only 4.0 % loss in MA after continuous 20 K cycles. More importantly, the PdCu nanoplates are almost inert toward methanol oxidation and show excellent anti-methanol capability. The theoretical calculations reveal that the downshift of d-band center in PdCu nanoplates and the electronic interaction between Pd and Cu atoms could effectively lower the methanol adsorption energy, thus leading to enhanced methanol tolerance. This work highlights the important role of tuning the electronic structure and optimized geometry of electrocatalysts to simultaneously boost their oxygen reduction activity, stability, and methanol tolerance for their future application in DMFCs. (C) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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