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Dual synergetic catalytic effects boost hydrogen electric oxidation performance of Pd/W18O49

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Developing anode catalysts of substantially enhanced activity for hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) and anti-CO poisoning performance is of great importance for the application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Herein, we report Pd cluster in situ decorated urchin-like W18O49 (WO2.72) electrocatalysts by a photo-reduction method for high performance HOR. The synthesized Pd-WO2.72-L composite of low loading amount of 0.44 wt.% Pd by Xenon light reduction exhibits markedly high HOR catalytic activity and stability in 0.5 M H2SO4, and the specific HOR current density and mass activity of Pd-WO2.72-L are ∼ 1.5 and ∼ 80 times those of 20 wt.% Pt/C catalyst, respectively. Moreover, excellent anti-CO poisoning ability has also been obtained. The excellent HOR activity and anti-CO poisoning performance of Pd-WO2.72-L have been discussed mainly in terms of the dual synergetic catalytic effects between Pd and WO2.72: Pd activation to Pdδ+ by the electron transfer from Pd to W promotes the hydrogen adsorption and activation to H* species, which results in largely elevated HOR activity; Pd degradation due to the CO poisoning is effectively prevented by WO2.72, which is responsible for the excellent CO-tolerance performance.

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The authors gratefully acknowledged the support from the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No. 19ZR1479400), the State Key Laboratory for Modication of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Donghua University (No. KF1818), and the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing (Wuhan University of Technology).

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  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China

    Lingxin Peng, Han Tian, Xiangzhi Cui, Ge Meng & Jianlin Shi

  2. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Lingxin Peng, Han Tian, Xiangzhi Cui, Ge Meng & Jianlin Shi

  3. School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, 310024, China

    Xiangzhi Cui

  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, China

    Liang Su

  5. State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials & College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China

    Zhonghua Ma

  6. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Shaowen Cao

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Peng, L., Tian, H., Cui, X. et al. Dual synergetic catalytic effects boost hydrogen electric oxidation performance of Pd/W18O49. Nano Res. 14, 2441–2450 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-020-3248-0

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