Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 8, Pages 4998-5005Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00211
Keywords
electrocatalysis; Pt(111); metal nanocrystals; oxygen reduction reaction; fuel cell; methanol oxidation
Funding
- CSIR (India)
- UGC (India)
- DST (India)
- Sheikh Saqr Laboratory
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Unlike other shapes, the design of tetrahedral Pt nanocrystals (Pt-NTd), which have the largest number of Pt(111) surface atoms and highest catalytic activities toward the electron transfer reactions, has widely been considered a synthetic challenge due to their thermodynamic instability. Here, we show that, by inducing their nucleation on functionalized carbon, Pt NTds can be obtained with tunable sizes and high yields. The carbon support anchors the nanocrystals early and prevents their oriented attachment leading to nanowire formation. Therein, an in situ generated amine is crucial for stabilization of Pt-NTds, which can later be removed to expose the Pt(111) facets for higher catalytic efficiency. The bare nanocrystals exhibit much improved stability and electrocatalytic activity characteristic of Pt(111) toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol and formic acid oxidation reactions. For example, similar to 90% of their activity was retained after 5000 potential cycles, while the ORR onset potential was recorded to be very high, 1.01 V vs reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE).
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