Activity-stability relationship in Au@Pt nanoparticles for electrocatalysis

Dong Young Chung; Subin Park; Hyeonju Lee; Hyungjun Kim; Young Hoon Chung; Ji Mun Yoo; Docheon Ahn; Seung Ho Yu; Kug Seung Lee; Mahdi Ahmadi; Huanxin Ju; Héctor D. Abruña; Sung Jong Yoo; Bongjin Simon Mun; Yung Eun Sung

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01507

Activity-stability relationship in Au@Pt nanoparticles for electrocatalysis

Dong Young Chung, Subin Park, Hyeonju Lee, Hyungjun Kim, Young Hoon Chung, Ji Mun Yoo, Docheon Ahn, Seung Ho Yu, Kug Seung Lee, Mahdi Ahmadi, Huanxin Ju, Héctor D. Abruña, Sung Jong Yoo, Bongjin Simon Mun, Yung Eun Sung

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Abstract

Despite breakthroughs in the activity of electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), the development of nanoscale ORR electrocatalysts is still hindered by their instability. Here, to bridge the functional link between activity and stability, well-controlled Au@Pt (core@shell) nanoparticles are investigated. In situ monitoring of atomic dissolution and physicochemical analysis in conjunction with theoretical calculations reveal that the atomic-level stability of Au@Pt nanoparticle is attributed to the low surface coverage of OH and oxide on Pt, balancing between strain and ligand effect of Au at the interface. Considering the relationships in activity-stability-oxophilicity, the functional links between activity and stability in the ORR are discussed, and the regulation of oxophilicity is suggested as a guideline for designing highly active and durable electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2827-2834
Number of pages	8
Journal	ACS Energy Letters
Volume	5
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01507
Publication status	Published - 2020 Sept 11

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Funding Information:
Y.-E.S. acknowledges the support from Institute for Basic Science (IBS-R006-A2). S.J.Y. acknowledges the support from the Global Frontier R&D Program on Center for Multiscale Energy System funded by NRF under the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (2016M3A6A7945505) and supported by NRF of Korea grant (2018M1A2A2061975, 2019R1A2B5B03004854). B.S.M. acknowledges support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2015R1A5A1009962 and NRF-2019R1A2C2008052) and the GIST Research Institute Grant funded by the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) 2020.

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Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.

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Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Materials Chemistry

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