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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
卷 7, 期 34, 页码 19786-19792出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta06712d
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资金
- International Cooperation Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China [21761162015]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21706019, 21436003, 21573029, 21776024]
- EPSRC [EP/I013229/1]
- Royal Society
- Newton Fund [NAF\R1\191294]
- EPSRC [EP/I013229/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The rational design of a catalytic layer in a membrane-electrode assembly is the key to achieve high performances from proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Herein, inspired by the neural-network structure of the brain, we constructed a bionic catalytic network for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), via setting up Pt-organic ligands-Co2+-organic ligands-Pt connections and then thermally transforming them into a metal-organic-framework (MOF)-like matrix in which hollow PtCo alloy nanoparticles (NPs) with an average particle size of 4.4 nm are bridged together by carbon nanotubes (PtCo@CNTs-MOF). The bionic catalytic network provides highly efficient linkages of various species-transport channels to active sites; as a result, an order of magnitude improvement is achieved in mass transfer efficiency as compared to the traditional Pt/C catalytic layer. Besides, the hollow PtCo alloy derived from Pt NPs shows a high initial mass activity of 852 mA mg(Pt)(-1) @ 0.90 V and an undetectable decay in an accelerated aging test. Accordingly, a remarkable Pt utilization efficiency of 58 mg(Pt) kW(-1) in the fuel cell cathode and 98 mg(Pt) kW(-1) in both the anode and cathode was eventually achieved, respectively. The latter is almost 3 times higher than that of the traditional catalytic layer. Moreover, no decay was detected during continuous operation at 1 A cm(-2) for 130 hours from the bionic catalytic network based fuel cell. This strategy offers a new concept for designing an ultra-low Pt loading yet highly active and durable catalytic layer for fuel cell applications and beyond.
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