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Porous Pt nanoframes decorated with Bi(OH)3 as highly efficient and stable electrocatalyst for ethanol oxidation reaction

Xiaolei Yuan1,§, Bei Jiang5,§, Muhan Cao2,§, Congyang Zhang2, Xiaozhi Liu3,4, Qinghua Zhang3, Fenglei Lyu2, Lin Gu3,4( ), Qiao Zhang2( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nantong University, 9 Seyuan Road, Nantong 226019, China
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, SWC for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Soochow University, 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou 215123, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China

§ Xiaolei Yuan, Bei Jiang, and Muhan Cao contributed equally to this work.

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High-quality Pt-based catalysts are highly desirable for ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR), which is of critical importance for the commercial applications of direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). However, most of the Pt-based catalysts have suffered from high cost and low operation durability. Herein a two-step method has been developed to synthesize porous Pt nanoframes decorated with Bi(OH)3, which show excellent catalytic activity and operation durability in both alkaline and acidic media. For example, the nanoframes show a mass activity of 6.87 A·mgPt-1 in alkaline media, which is 13.5-fold higher than that of commercial Pt/C. More importantly, the catalyst can be reactivated simply, which shows negligible activity loss after running for 180,000 s. Further in situ attenuated total reflection-infrared (ATR-IR) absorption spectroscopy and CO-stripping experiments indicate that surface Bi(OH)3 species can greatly facilitate the formation of adsorbed OH species and subsequently remove carbonaceous poison, resulting in a significantly enhanced stability towards EOR. This work may favor the tailoring of desired electrocatalysts with high activity and durability for future commercial application of DEFCs.

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Pt nanoframeethanol oxidation reactionbismuth hydroxideCO tolerancein situ infrared spectroscopydurability

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 1,
January 2020
Pages 265-272
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-019-2609-z
Cite this article:
Yuan X, Jiang B, Cao M, et al. Porous Pt nanoframes decorated with Bi(OH)3 as highly efficient and stable electrocatalyst for ethanol oxidation reaction. Nano Research, 2020, 13(1): 265-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2609-z
Topics:
Absorption spectroscopyCatalyst activityDirect ethanol fuel cells (DEFC)ElectrocatalystsEthanol fuelsInfrared spectroscopyOxidationPlatinum

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Received: 27 September 2019
Revised: 06 December 2019
Accepted: 14 December 2019
Published: 03 January 2020
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