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Trimetallic Au@PdPb nanowires for oxygen reduction reaction

Xian Jiang1,2,3, Yuexin Xiong3, Ruopeng Zhao2, Jiancheng Zhou1( ), Jong-Min Lee2( ), Yawen Tang3( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637459, Singapore
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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The development of highly efficient and stable Pd-based catalysts is crucial to improve their sluggish oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) kinetics in acid media. To improve ORR activity and utilization efficiency of Pd, an ideal catalyst should have ORR-favorable chemical environment, optimized geometric structure, and long periods of operation. In this work, we first synthesize a novel trimetallic Au@PdPb core-shell catalyst consisting of PdPb alloy nano-layers grown on the surface of ultrathin Au nanowires (NWs) by a two-step water-bath method. The Au@PdPb NWs have the merits of anisotropic one-dimensional nanostructure, high utilization efficiency of Pd atoms and doping of Pb atoms. Because of the structural and multiple compositional advantages, Au@PdPb NWs exhibit remarkably enhanced ORR activity with a high haIf-wave potential (0.827 V), much better than those of commercial Pd black (0.788 V) and bimetallic Au@Pd NWs (0.803 V). Moreover, Au@PdPb NWs display better electrocatalytic stability for the ORR than those of Pd black and Au@Pd NWs. This study demonstrates the validity of our approach for deriving highly ORR-active Pd-based catalysts by modifying their structure and composition.

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trimetallic Au@PdPb nanowirescore-shell structureoptimized electronic structureelectrocatalystoxygen reduction reaction

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Nano Research
Volume 13 Issue 10,
October 2020
Pages 2691-2696
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-020-2911-9
Cite this article:
Jiang X, Xiong Y, Zhao R, et al. Trimetallic Au@PdPb nanowires for oxygen reduction reaction. Nano Research, 2020, 13(10): 2691-2696. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-2911-9
Topics:
Binary alloysCatalystsElectrolytic reduction Gold alloysNanowiresOxygenOxygen reduction reaction PalladiumPalladium alloys

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Received: 21 April 2020
Revised: 26 May 2020
Accepted: 30 May 2020
Published: 05 October 2020
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