• 文献标题:   Stabilization of platinum-nickel alloy nanoparticles with a sulfur-doped graphene support in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU C, HOQUE MA, CHIU G, SUNG T, CHEN ZW
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC Advances
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Waterloo
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1039/c6ra19924k
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are limited by the sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode, necessitating the use of platinum-based catalysts for practical use. However, such catalysts suffer from degradation issues related to the catalyst and the support material that prevent prolonged operation. Sulfur-doped graphene (SG) as a catalyst support material promises high durability with pure Pt, but its contribution to lattice-strained Pt as in bimetallic alloys has not yet been determined. In this work, platinum-nickel alloy nanoparticles with SG are synthesized (denoted as Pt-Ni/SG), then chemically dealloyed (denoted as Pt-Ni/SG-DA) and finally subjected to a post heat treatment (denoted as Pt-Ni/SG-PHT). The prepared catalysts Pt-Ni/SG, Pt-Ni/SG-DA and Pt-Ni/SG-PHT are physically characterized and electrochemically tested in half-cell conditions. Pt-Ni/SG-PHT is found to be superior, exhibiting the highest ECSA and mass activity retention with losses of 27 and 28% respectively after 1500 cycles from 0.05 to 1.3 V vs. RHE in HClO4. This is compared to a 59% ECSA loss and 69% activity loss for commercial Pt/C under the same conditions. Hence, the strong interaction between the metal particles and sulfur-doped graphene resulting from the annealing process as in Pt-Ni/SG-PHT yields a highly stable electrocatalyst for the ORR.