Nanoporous Platinum/(Mn,Al)3O4 Nanosheet Nanocomposites with Synergistically Enhanced Ultrahigh Oxygen Reduction Activity and Excellent Methanol Tolerance

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• 作者：Conghui Si ; Jie Zhang ; Ying Wang ; Wensheng Ma ; Hui Gao ; Lanfen Lv ; Zhonghua Zhang
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 25, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：9
• 期：3
• 页码：2485-2494
• 全文大小：722K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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At present, metal/metal oxide composites are considered as potential oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for energy-related applications like fuel cells. Here, we fabricated a high-activity, low Pt loading ORR electrocatalyst composed of nanoporous Pt (np-Pt) in intimate contact with lamellar (Mn,Al)₃O₄ nanosheet (NS). In comparison to Pt/C (Johnson Matthey), the np-Pt/(Mn,Al)₃O₄ NS catalyst shows a 11.5-fold enhancement in the mass-normalized ORR activity and much better methanol tolerance because of the metal–support interactions between np-Pt and (Mn,Al)₃O₄. Furthermore, the combination of electrochemical experiments with theoretical calculations verifies that the ORR on the np-Pt/(Mn,Al)₃O₄ NS catalyst is a direct 4e^– pathway in the alkaline solution. In addition, the electrocatalytic mechanisms have also been rationalized by density functional theory (DFT) calculations.