Citation: Lian Sun, Honglei Wang, Ming Ma, Tingting Cao, Leilei Zhang, Xingui Zhou. Shape and composition evolution of Pt and Pt₃M nanocrystals under HCl chemical etching[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(9): 109188. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109188 shu

Shape and composition evolution of Pt and Pt₃M nanocrystals under HCl chemical etching

Lian Sun ^{a, b} ,
Honglei Wang ^{b, *,} ,
Ming Ma ^c ,
Tingting Cao ^{a, d} ,
Leilei Zhang ^a ,
Xingui Zhou ^{b, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory of NBC Protection for Civilian, Beijing 102205, China
b.
Science and Technology on Advanced Ceramic Fibers and Composites Laboratory, College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
c.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
d.
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Ji'nan 250100, China

honglei.wang@163.com

zhouxinguilmy@163.com

Received Date: 1 September 2023
Revised Date: 25 September 2023
Accepted Date: 9 October 2023
Available Online: 10 October 2023

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Controlling the shape and composition of Pt-based nanocrystals is essential to improve electrocatalytic performance. In this work, we have carefully investigated the evolution process of morphology and composition for Pt and Pt₃M (M = Ni, Co) nanocrystals by hydrochloric acid (HCl) etching. As a result, only Pt₃Ni nanocrystals successfully formed unsaturated step-like atoms on the surface and then constructed high-index facets (HIFs), while Pt and Pt₃Co preserved a good octahedron shape. Density functional theory (DFT) calculation suggests that Cl⁻ ions can be tightly adsorbed on the surface of Pt₃Ni rather than other nanocrystals, which hinders the deposition of newly-reduced atoms and thus regulating the surface morphology. Besides, the etching of surface transitional metals further accelerates the formation of HIFs. Boosted by the active sites on the surface, HCl-Pt-Ni exhibited a ~10.8 and ~11.3 times higher oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mass and specific activities than commercial Pt/C catalyst, and possessed a good durability after 10,000 cycles test. This work gives a deep insight into the design of high-performance Pt-based ORR catalysts.
- Electrocatalysts,
- Nanocrystals,
- Platinum,
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- DFT calculation
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