Bimetallic NiM/C (M = Cu and Mo) Catalysts for the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction: Deciphering the Role of Unintentional Surface Oxides in the Activity Enhancement Full article
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ACS Catalysis
ISSN: 2155-5435 |
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Output data | Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Pages: 15341−15351 Pages count : 11 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03720 | ||||||||||||||
Tags | hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR), nickel, nickel oxide, copper, molybdenum, density functional theory, Monte Carlo simulations, in situ reduction | ||||||||||||||
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1 | Russian Foundation for Basic Research | 20-03-00772 |
Abstract:
Emerging interest in the platinum group metal (PGM)-free electrocatalysts calls for a fundamental understanding of the key factors determining their activity, the latter being critical for the development of efficient catalysts. Ni-based materials show high promises as PGM-free anodes of anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). However, their hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) activity can differ by several orders of magnitude, and the factors responsible for this are still being debated. In this work, the effect of unintentional surface oxides in Ni/C and NiM/C (M = Cu and Mo) is revealed by benchmarking either the catalysts conventionally stored under ambient conditions or purposely reduced “oxide-free” materials. The analysis of electrocatalytic data complemented by detailed material characterization, Monte Carlo simulations, and density functional calculations, underlines the key importance of surface oxides in the HOR catalysis on Ni, NiCu, and NiMo electrodes. These findings underscore the need to measure the HOR activity of Ni-based catalysts in the absence of surface oxides in order to unambiguously interpret the influence of other factors (such as the electronic effect of the second element) on activity enhancement.
Cite:
Oshchepkov A.G.
, Simonov P.A.
, Kuznetsov A.N.
, Shermukhamedov S.A.
, Nazmutdinov R.R.
, Kvon R.I.
, Zaikovskii V.I.
, Kardash T.Y.
, Fedorova E.A.
, Cherstiouk O.V.
, Bonnefont A.
, Savinova E.R.
Bimetallic NiM/C (M = Cu and Mo) Catalysts for the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction: Deciphering the Role of Unintentional Surface Oxides in the Activity Enhancement
ACS Catalysis. 2022. V.12. P.15341−15351. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03720 WOS Scopus РИНЦ AN OpenAlex
Bimetallic NiM/C (M = Cu and Mo) Catalysts for the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction: Deciphering the Role of Unintentional Surface Oxides in the Activity Enhancement
ACS Catalysis. 2022. V.12. P.15341−15351. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03720 WOS Scopus РИНЦ AN OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: | Jul 29, 2022 |
Accepted: | Nov 4, 2022 |
Published online: | Nov 30, 2022 |
Published print: | Dec 16, 2022 |
Identifiers:
Web of science: | WOS:000891668800001 |
Scopus: | 2-s2.0-85143412148 |
Elibrary: | 53768891 |
Chemical Abstracts: | 2022:2983236 |
OpenAlex: | W4310433399 |