Citation: Nanshu Zhang, Liting Yang, Jingsen Bai, Chang Lan, Meiling Xiao, Wei Xing, Changpeng Liu. TaO_x-C supported ultra-small platinum nanoparticles as efficient and durable catalysts for PEMFCs[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2026, 37(6): 111044. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111044 shu

TaO_x-C supported ultra-small platinum nanoparticles as efficient and durable catalysts for PEMFCs

Nanshu Zhang ^{a, b, c, d} ,
Liting Yang ^{a, b, c, d} ,
Jingsen Bai ^{a, b, c, d} ,
Chang Lan ^{a, b, c, d} ,
Meiling Xiao ^{a, b, c, d, e, *,} ,
Wei Xing ^{a, b, c, d, e, *,} ,
Changpeng Liu ^{a, b, c, d, e, *,}

a.
Laboratory of Advanced Power Source, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
b.
School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
c.
Jilin Province Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Chemical Power Sources, Changchun 130022, China
d.
State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
e.
CIAC – HKUST Joint Laboratory for Hydrogen Energy, Changchun 130022, China

mlxiao@ciac.ac.cn

xingwei@ciac.ac.cn

liuchp@ciac.ac.cn

Received Date: 2 January 2025
Revised Date: 27 February 2025
Accepted Date: 5 March 2025
Available Online: 6 March 2025

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The limited stability of Pt-based catalysts as a result of irreversible support corrosion and Pt dissolution/aggregation remains a major barrier to the widespread deployment for Proton exchange membrane fuel cells. To overcome the issues, amorphous TaO_x with corrosion-resistance was introduced to stabilize Pt nanoparticles in this work. Benefiting from the strong metal-support interaction, Pt oxidation and dissolution is suppressed through efficient electron transfer from the support. Optimized Pt/TaO_x-C catalyst shows remarkable stability with voltage loss @0.8 A/cm² of only 29 mV after 50k cycles accelerated durability test, which is much lower than the goal for DOE 2025 (30 mV after 30k cycles). Besides, the strong anchoring effect of the amorphous TaO_x enables well dispersion of Pt with an ultra-small particle size of approximately 1.3 nm, reducing the local mass transfer resistance towards superior fuel cell performance of 2.29 W/cm², which is higher than the commercial Pt/C of 1.56 W/cm². This study offers a highly active and durable cathode electrocatalyst for fuel cells.
- Oxygen reduction reaction,
- Pt-based catalyst,
- Metal oxides,
- High stability,
- Strong metal-support interaction
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