Dendrite-Embedded Platinum-Nickel Multiframes as Highly Active and Durable Electrocatalyst toward the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Hyukbu Kwon, Mrinal Kanti Kabiraz, Jongsik Park, Aram Oh, Hionsuck Baik, Sang Il Choi, Kwangyeol Lee

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Abstract

Pt-based nanoframe catalysts have been explored extensively due to their superior activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Herein, we report the synthesis of Pt-Ni multiframes, which exhibit the unique structure of tightly fused multiple nanoframes and reinforced by an embedded dendrite. Rapid reduction and deposition of Ni atoms on Pt-Ni nanodendrites induce the alloying/dealloying of Pt and Ni in the overall nanostructures. After chemical etching of Ni, the newly formed dendrite-embedded Pt-Ni multiframes show an electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) of 73.4 m2 gPt-1 and a mass ORR activity of 1.51 A mgPt-1 at 0.93 V, which is 30-fold higher than that of the state-of-the-art Pt/C catalyst. We suggest that high ECSA and ORR performances of dendrite-embedded Pt-Ni multiframes/C can be attributed to the porous nanostructure and numerous active sites exposed on surface grain boundaries and high-indexed facets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2930-2936
Number of pages7
JournalNano Letters
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 May 2018

Keywords

  • electrocatalyst
  • multiframes
  • oxygen reduction reaction
  • Platinum
  • porous nanostructure

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