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卷 17, 期 25, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202100437
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block copolymers; electrocatalysts; hydrogen pumps; platinum group metals; water electrolysis
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences Separation Science program [DE-SC0018989]
- DOE Office of Science [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0018989] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
This study reports the use of self-assembled block copolymers as templates for fabricating nanostructured platinum and iridium oxide electrocatalysts, with experiments showing that electrocatalysts prepared from alkylated block copolymer templates exhibit higher mass activities. Evaluations conducted in the study demonstrate that the mesostructure of nanostructured electrocatalysts has a significant impact on reactivity.
Self-assembled block copolymers are promising templates for fabricating thin film materials with tuned periodic feature sizes and geometry at the nanoscale. Here, a series of nanostructured platinum and iridium oxide electrocatalysts templated from poly(styrene)-block-poly(vinyl pyridine) (PSbPVP) block copolymers via an incipient wetness impregnation (IWI) pathway is reported. Both nanowire and nanocylinder electrocatalysts of varying feature sizes are assessed and higher catalyst loadings are achieved by the alkylation of the pyridine moieties in the PVP block prior to IWI. Electrocatalyst evaluations featuring hydrogen pump and water electrolysis demonstrations are carried out on interdigitated electrode (IDE) chips flexible with liquid supporting electrolytes and thin film polymer electrolytes. Notably, the mass activities of the nanostructured electrocatalysts from alkylated block copolymer templates are 35%-94% higher than electrocatalysts from non-alkylated block copolymer templates. Standing cylinder nanostructures lead to higher mass activities than lamellar variants despite their not having the largest surface area per unit catalyst loading demonstrating that mesostructure architectures have a profound impact on reactivity. Overall, IDE chips with model thin film electrocatalysts prepared from self-assembled block copolymers offer a high-throughput experimental method for correlating electrocatalyst nanostructure and composition to electrochemical reactivity.
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