Citation: Chenhao Zhang, Qian Zhang, Yezhou Hu, Hanyu Hu, Junhao Yang, Chang Yang, Ye Zhu, Zhengkai Tu, Deli Wang. N-doped carbon confined ternary Pt₂NiCo intermetallics for efficient oxygen reduction reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(3): 110429. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110429 shu

N-doped carbon confined ternary Pt₂NiCo intermetallics for efficient oxygen reduction reaction

Chenhao Zhang ^{a, b} ,
Qian Zhang ^a ,
Yezhou Hu ^c ,
Hanyu Hu ^a ,
Junhao Yang ^a ,
Chang Yang ^a ,
Ye Zhu ^c ,
Zhengkai Tu ^d ,
Deli Wang ^{a, b, *,}

a.
Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
b.
China-EU Institute for Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
c.
Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 999077, China
d.
School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

wangdl81125@hust.edu.cn

Received Date: 3 June 2024
Revised Date: 4 September 2024
Accepted Date: 6 September 2024
Available Online: 7 September 2024

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Developing high performance electrocatalysts for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is essential for the widespread application of fuel cells. Herein, a promising Pt₂NiCo atomic ordered ternary intermetallic compound with N-doped carbon layer coating (o-Pt₂NiCo@NC) has been synthesized via a facile method and applied in acidic ORR. The confinement effect provided by the carbon layer not only inhibits the agglomeration and sintering of intermetallic nanoparticles during high temperature process but also provides adequate protection for the nanoparticles, mitigating the aggregation, detachment and poisoning of nanoparticles during the electrochemical process. As a result, the o-Pt₂NiCo@NC demonstrates a mass activity (MA) and specific activity (SA) of 0.65 A/mg_Pt and 1.41 mA/cm_Pt² in 0.1 mol/L HClO₄, respectively. In addition, after 30,000 potential cycles from 0.6 V to 1.0 V, the MA of o-Pt₂NiCo@NC shows much lower decrease than the disordered Pt₂NiCo alloy and Pt/C. Even cycling at high potential cycles of 1.5 V for 10,000 cycles, the MA still retains ~70%, demonstrating superior long-term durability. Furthermore, the o-Pt₂NiCo@NC also exhibits strong tolerance to CO, SO_x, and PO_x molecules in toxicity tolerance tests. The strategy in this work provides a novel insight for the development of ORR catalysts with high catalytic activity, durability and toxicity tolerance.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Ordered intermetallic,
- Toxicity tolerance,
- Carbon confinement
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