Improved hydrogen oxidation reaction under alkaline conditions by Au-Pt alloy nanoparticles

This work demonstrates the outstanding performance of alloyed Au1Pt1 nanoparticles on hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) in alkaline solution. Due to the weakened hydrogen binding energy caused by uniform incorporation of Au, the alloyed Au1Pt1/C nanoparticles exhibit superior HOR activity than commercial PtRu/C. On the contrary, the catalytic performance of the phase-segregated Au2Pt1/C and Au1Pt1/C bimetallic nanoparticles in HOR is significantly worse. Moreover, Au1Pt1/C shows a remarkable durability with activity dropping only 4% after 30 00 CV cycles, while performance attenuation of commercial PtRu/C is high up to 15% under the same condition. Our results indicate that the alloyed Au1Pt1/C is a promising candidate to substitute commercial PtRu/C for hydrogen oxidation reaction in alkaline electrolyte. (C) 2019 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.