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Pt-Ni alloy catalyst supported on carbon aerogel via one-step method for oxygen reduction reaction

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Carbon-supported platinum-nickel alloy catalysts have become one of the main choices of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) due to the high catalytic activity toward oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this work, carbon aerogel supported platinum-nickel solid solution alloy catalysts (Pt3Ni/CA) with small particles (~ 3.5 nm) and uniform distribution were prepared via a simple one-step rapid reduction method during which no structure guide or stabilizer is added. In rotating disk electrode (RDE), the mass activity (MA, 0.25 A mgPt−1) and specific activity (SA, 4.69 A m−2) of the optimized Pt3Ni/CA catalysts for ORR are nearly 3.8 times and 6.5 times that of the state-of-the-art commercial carbon-supported platinum catalysts (Pt/C, 0.07 A mgPt−1 and 0.72 A m−2), respectively. After the accelerated durability test (ADT), the as-prepared Pt3Ni/CA catalysts still keep a satisfactory MA and SA which are more than 3.4 and 8.9 times as high as that of Pt/C. The Koutecký-Levich (K-L) equation shows that the electrochemical reaction conforms to be a 4e− process.

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This research was supported by the Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, the open research fund program of science and technology on aerospace chemical power laboratory (STACPL12018B05-1), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21875061), Southwest University of Science and Technology (No.18fksy0203,19fksy08), and the Foundation of Science and Technology on plasma physics Laboratory of China Academy of Engineering physics.

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    Li-Li Jiang, Min Zeng, Zhi-Hui Luo, Hai-Yang Li & Yong Yi

  2. Research Center of Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, China

    Min Zeng, Chao-Yang Wang, Zhi-Hui Luo & Hai-Yang Li

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Jiang Li–Li: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and writing—original draft. Zeng Min: constructive discussions, conception, and design. Wang Chao-Yang: data curation and validation. Luo Zhi-Hui: resources, writing—review and editing. Li Hai-Yang: software. Xiao Yu-Wei: review. Yi Yong: supervision, formal analysis and financial support.

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Jiang, LL., Zeng, M., Wang, CY. et al. Pt-Ni alloy catalyst supported on carbon aerogel via one-step method for oxygen reduction reaction. J Solid State Electrochem 26, 481–490 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-021-05082-x

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