Investigating the Effect of CeO2 on the Radical Scavenging Activity of Pt@CoOx/NC@CeO2 During the Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Acidic and Alkaline Environments
Materials advances(2024)
摘要
Researchers have concentrated on developing electrocatalysts that are especially designed to minimise oxygenated radicals generated in partial oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs). Herein, we report Pt@CoOx/NC@CeO(2)1 as a cost-effective, stable, and highly durable electrocatalyst in both 0.1 M KOH and 0.1 M HClO4 electrocatalytic environments with low platinum loading (ca. 5% only). Outstanding results are delivered by the Pt@CoOx/NC@CeO(2)1 with half-wave potential (E-1/2) similar to 0.89 V-RHE in 0.1 M KOH. The optimized electrocatalyst, i.e., Pt@CoOx/NC@CeO(2)1, is also found to be efficient for the ORR in 0.1 M HClO4 with E-1/2 similar to 0.89 V-RHE compared to 20 wt% Pt/C. The innovative support (CoOx/NC) obtained through facile calcination of ZIF-12 has been deposited over porous ceria nanorods (CeO2). The platinum nanoparticles are then decorated over CoOx/NC@CeO2. To investigate the influence of cobalt on the electrocatalytic ORR process, platinum-decorated commercial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (Pt@MWCNTs1) were synthesized using the same synthetic methodology. The as-synthesized electrocatalyst (Pt@CoOx/NC@CeO(2)1) demonstrates enhanced mass activity (MA) of similar to 263 mA mg(Pt)(-1) in 0.1 M KOH and 231 mA mg(Pt)(-1) in 0.1 M HClO4 at their E-1/2 and an enhanced electrochemical active surface area (ECSA) of similar to 261 m(2) g(-1). The material also demonstrates radical scavenging activity resulting in enhanced durability with a significant amount of current retention for 30 h in both alkaline (99.8%) and acidic electrolytes (99.9%).
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