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NANOSCALE ADVANCES
卷 3, 期 23, 页码 6678-6688出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d1na00439e
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- Indian Institute of Technology Indore
- University Grants Commission (UGC), Government of India
The study successfully embedded platinum nanoparticles into the hydrogel formed by peptide bolaamphiphile self-assembly, showing efficient catalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Pt6@hydrogel exhibited low overpotential and reasonable Tafel slope in sulfuric acid solution, as well as electrocatalytic activity in alkaline and neutral pH solutions.
Noble metal-based nanomaterials have shown great potential for catalytic application with higher selectivity and activity. Owing to their self-assembly properties with various molecular interactions, peptides play an essential role in the controlled synthesis of noble metal-based catalysts with high surface area. In this work, a phenylalanine (F) and tyrosine (Y) based peptide bolaamphiphile is prepared by solution-phase peptide synthesis. The peptide bolaamphiphile readily self-assembles into a hydrogel with a cross-linked nanofibrillar network. The platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) are in situ generated within the cross-linked nanofibrillar network of the hydrogel matrix of the peptide bolaamphiphile. Benefiting from the synergistic properties of the Pt nanoparticles doped on three-dimensional fibrous networks, Pt6@hydrogel shows efficient catalytic activity for the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. The Pt6@hydrogel requires an overpotential of 45 mV at -10 mA cm(-2) with a Tafel slope of 52 mV dec(-1). The Pt6@hydrogel also shows electrocatalytic activity in basic and neutral pH solutions. The excellent activity and stability of Pt6@hydrogel for the HER shows great potential for energy conversion applications.
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