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Uniform PtRu0.6 Nanoparticles Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Obtained from ZIF-8/GO Hybrid with Remarkable Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Activity

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Fabrication of a highly active and robust electrocatalyst for alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) is important for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells. Here, we report an alkaline HOR electrocatalyst with PtRu nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on porous nitrogen-doped carbon via an ethylene glycol reduction method, where porous nitrogen-doped support (NC-ZG) is prepared by the low-temperature pyrolysis of an in situ-grown ZIF-8/graphene oxide nanocomposite. The obtained PtRu0.6/NC-ZG electrocatalyst shows a mass specific exchange current density (j0,m) of 1102 A gPtRu−1, superior to reference PtRu0.6/NC-Z with only ZIF-8 pyrolyzed as carbon support (312 A gPtRu−1) and the commercial Pt/C (224 A gPtRu−1). The splendid property contributes to the rich micro-mesopores structure, large specific surface area, high conductivity, and electronic effects between Pt and Ru for the optimization of OHads and Hads binding energy. Moreover, PtRu0.6/NC-ZG also displays good stability with 66.4% of j0,m remaining after the accelerated durability tests, outperforming commercial Pt/C (45.9%). This work demonstrates that engineering support structures and active components can obtain efficient HOR electrocatalysts.

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22262018), Young Science and Technology Fund in Gansu Province of China (Grant No. 21JR7RA252), Natural Research Fund of Gansu Province (Grant No. 20JR5RA441), Lanzhou Open Competition Mechanism, Merit Based Admission Project Major Fund (Grant No. 2021-JB-6) and National Engineering & Fund for National Nickel and Cobalt Advanced Materials Engineering Research Center (GCZX2021JSKF001).

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    Yuanyuan Cong, Fanchao Meng, Haibin Wang, Di Dou, Chunlei Li & Qiuping Zhao

  2. Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Energy and Chemical Engineering of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, Gansu, China

    Yuanyuan Cong, Fanchao Meng, Haibin Wang, Di Dou, Chunlei Li & Qiuping Zhao

  3. Shanghai Insititute of Space Power-Sources, Shanghai, 200245, China

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Cong, Y., Meng, F., Wang, X. et al. Uniform PtRu0.6 Nanoparticles Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Obtained from ZIF-8/GO Hybrid with Remarkable Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Activity. J. Electron. Mater. 52, 2388–2395 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-10184-x

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