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Synthesis of Low Pt-Based Quaternary PtPdRuTe Nanotubes with Optimized Incorporation of Pd for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity
Improving
heteroatomic interactions via alloying or forming heterogeneous
catalysts is of importance to the enhancement in terms of electrocatalytic
activity and stability. In this work, a simple galvanic replacement
reaction was utilized to synthesize low Pt-based quaternary nanotubes
(NTs). It is easy to obtain PtPdRuTe NTs with different composition
and controlled shape using ultrathin Te nanowires (NWs) as sacrificial
templates for its high activity. The NT wall thickness and formed
NPs on the surface are closely related with the composition, especially
Pd content. The optimized incorporation of Pd atoms into ternary PtRuTe
NTs formed a uniform protecting PtPd surface and modified the Pt electronic
structure to improve the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) performance.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) reveals a larger extent of
electron transfer from neighboring atoms to Pt on PtPdRuTe, consequently
leading to a weaker bonding of the intermediate on Pt. As a result,
the quaternary PtPdRuTe NTs exhibit enhanced activity and stability
toward efficient MOR
Scalable Bromide-Triggered Synthesis of Pd@Pt Core–Shell Ultrathin Nanowires with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction
This article reports a novel scalable
method to prepare ultrathin
and uniform Pd@Pt nanowires (NWs) with controllable composition and
shell thickness, high aspect ratio, and smooth surface, triggered
by bromide ions via a galvanic replacement reaction between PtCl<sub>6</sub><sup>2–</sup> and Pd NWs. It was found that bromide
ions played a vital role in initiating and promoting the galvanic
reaction. The bromide ions served as capping and oxidized etching
agents, counterbalancing the Pt deposition and Pd etching on the surface
to give final Pd@Pt core–shell nanostructures. Such a counterbalance
and the formation PtBr<sub>6</sub><sup>2–</sup> with lower
redox potential could lower the reaction rate and be responsible for
full coverage of a smooth Pt shell. The full coverage of Pt deposited
on Pd NWs is important for the enhancement of the activity and stability,
which depend strongly on the Pt content and Pt shell thickness. Significantly,
the Pd@Pt NWs with Pt content of 21.2% (atomic ratio) exhibited the
highest mass activity (810 mA mg<sup>–1</sup><sub>Pt</sub>)
and specific activity (0.4 mA cm<sup>–2</sup>). Interestingly,
the mass activity (1560 mA mg<sup>–1</sup><sub>Pt</sub>) and
specific activity (0.98 mA cm<sup>–2</sup>) of Pd@Pt (21.2%)
NWs increased to 2.45 and 1.95 times the initial values after 60k
cycles tests, 8.5 and 9.0 times greater than those of Pt/C catalysts.
In addition, these ultrathin NW electrocatalysts with large aspect
ratio are easy to form into a freestanding film, which improves the
mass transport, electrical conductivity, and structure stability