Citation: Fenglin Wang, Chengwei Kuang, Zhicheng Zheng, Dan Wu, Hao Wan, Gen Chen, Ning Zhang, Xiaohe Liu, Renzhi Ma. Noble metal clusters substitution in porous Ni substrate renders high mass-specific activities toward oxygen evolution reaction and methanol oxidation reaction[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(6): 109989. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.109989 shu

Noble metal clusters substitution in porous Ni substrate renders high mass-specific activities toward oxygen evolution reaction and methanol oxidation reaction

Fenglin Wang ^a ,
Chengwei Kuang ^a ,
Zhicheng Zheng ^a ,
Dan Wu ^a ,
Hao Wan ^b ,
Gen Chen ^{a, *,} ,
Ning Zhang ^a ,
Xiaohe Liu ^{b, *,} ,
Renzhi Ma ^{c, *,}

a.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Electronic Packaging and Advanced Functional Materials of Hunan Province, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
b.
Zhongyuan Critical Metals Laboratory, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
c.
Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

geenchen@csu.edu.cn

liuxh@csu.edu.cn

MA.Renzhi@nims.go.jp

Received Date: 6 March 2024
Revised Date: 9 April 2024
Accepted Date: 9 May 2024
Available Online: 11 May 2024

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The sluggish reaction kinetics of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) remain obstacles to the commercial promotion of water splitting and direct methanol fuel cells. Considering the vital role of noble metals in electrocatalytic activity, this work focuses on the rational synthesis of Ni-noble metal composite nanocatalysts for overcoming the drawbacks of high cost and susceptible oxidized surfaces of noble metals. The inherent catalytic activity is improved by the altered electronic structure and effective active sites of the catalyst induced by the size effect of noble metal clusters. In particular, a series of Ni-noble metal nanocomposites are successfully synthesized by partially introducing noble metal into Ni with porous interfacial defects derived from Ni-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH). The Ni₁₀Pd₁ nanocomposite exhibits high OER catalytic activity with an overpotential of 0.279 V at 10 mA/cm², surpassing Ni₁₀Ag₁ and Ni₁₀Au₁ counterparts. Furthermore, the average diameter of Pd clusters gradually increases from 5.57 nm to 44.44 nm with the increased proportion of doped Pd, leading to the passivation of catalytic activity due to the exacerbated surface oxidation of Pd in the form of Pd²⁺. After optimization, Ni₁₀Pd₁ delivers significantly enhanced OER and MOR electroactivities and long-term stability compared to that of Ni₂Pd₁, Ni₁Pd₁ and Ni₁Pd₂, which is conducive to the effective utilization of Pd and alleviation of surface oxidation.
- Size effect,
- Pd cluster,
- Mass activity,
- Oxygen evolution reaction,
- Methanol oxidation reaction
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