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High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

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  • Jing Liu

    (State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Menggai Jiao

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lanlu Lu

    (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Heather M. Barkholtz

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Yuping Li

    (Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ying Wang

    (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University)

  • Luhua Jiang

    (Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zhijian Wu

    (State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Di-jia Liu

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Lin Zhuang

    (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University)

  • Chao Ma

    (Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Jie Zeng

    (Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Bingsen Zhang

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Dangsheng Su

    (Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)

  • Ping Song

    (State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wei Xing

    (State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Weilin Xu

    (State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Ying Wang

    (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Zheng Jiang

    (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Gongquan Sun

    (Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

For the large-scale sustainable implementation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells in vehicles, high-performance electrocatalysts with low platinum consumption are desirable for use as cathode material during the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. Here we report a carbon black-supported cost-effective, efficient and durable platinum single-atom electrocatalyst with carbon monoxide/methanol tolerance for the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction. The acidic single-cell with such a catalyst as cathode delivers high performance, with power density up to 680 mW cm−2 at 80 °C with a low platinum loading of 0.09 mgPt cm−2, corresponding to a platinum utilization of 0.13 gPt kW−1 in the fuel cell. Good fuel cell durability is also observed. Theoretical calculations reveal that the main effective sites on such platinum single-atom electrocatalysts are single-pyridinic-nitrogen-atom-anchored single-platinum-atom centres, which are tolerant to carbon monoxide/methanol, but highly active for the oxygen reduction reaction.

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  • Jing Liu & Menggai Jiao & Lanlu Lu & Heather M. Barkholtz & Yuping Li & Ying Wang & Luhua Jiang & Zhijian Wu & Di-jia Liu & Lin Zhuang & Chao Ma & Jie Zeng & Bingsen Zhang & Dangsheng Su & Ping Song &, 2017. "High performance platinum single atom electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15938
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15938
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