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Mastering the surface strain of platinum catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis
Tianou He,Weicong Wang,Fenglei Shi,Xiaolong Yang,Xiang Li,Jianbo Wu,Yadong Yin,Mingshang Jin +7 more
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In this paper, the authors show that when ultrathin Pt shells are deposited on palladium-based nanocubes, expansion and shrinkage through phosphorization and dephosphorization induces strain in the Pt(100) lattice that can be adjusted from −5.1 % to 5.9 %.Abstract:
Platinum (Pt) has found wide use as an electrocatalyst for sustainable energy conversion systems1–3. The activity of Pt is controlled by its electronic structure (typically, the d-band centre), which depends sensitively on lattice strain4,5. This dependence can be exploited for catalyst design4,6–8, and the use of core–shell structures and elastic substrates has resulted in strain-engineered Pt catalysts with drastically improved electrocatalytic performances7,9–13. However, it is challenging to map in detail the strain–activity correlations in Pt-catalysed conversions, which can involve a number of distinct processes, and to identify the optimal strain modification for specific reactions. Here we show that when ultrathin Pt shells are deposited on palladium-based nanocubes, expansion and shrinkage of the nanocubes through phosphorization and dephosphorization induces strain in the Pt(100) lattice that can be adjusted from −5.1 per cent to 5.9 per cent. We use this strain control to tune the electrocatalytic activity of the Pt shells over a wide range, finding that the strain–activity correlation for the methanol oxidation reaction and hydrogen evolution reaction follows an M-shaped curve and a volcano-shaped curve, respectively. We anticipate that our approach can be used to screen out lattice strain that will optimize the performance of Pt catalysts—and potentially other metal catalysts—for a wide range of reactions. By depositing platinum shells on palladium-based nanocubes, the strain can be controlled by through phosphorization and dephosphorization, making it possible to tune the electrocatalytic activity of the platinum shells.read more
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Interfacial electronic structure modulation of Pt-MoS2 heterostructure for enhancing electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction
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In-plane strain engineering in ultrathin noble metal nanosheets boosts the intrinsic electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity
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TL;DR: A facile method to manipulate the planar strain in ultrathin noble metal nanosheets by constructing amorphous-crystalline phase boundaries that can expose the active strained interfaces is reported in this article .
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