能源化学(英文) ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 265-268.DOI: 10.1016/S2095-4956(14)60145-5

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Intermetallic Pt2Si:magnetron-sputtering preparation and electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation

Zhandong Ren, Li Xiao, Gongwei Wang, Juntao Lu, Lin Zhuang   

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-12-10 修回日期:2014-02-19 出版日期:2014-05-24 发布日期:2014-05-25
  • 通讯作者: Li Xiao, Lin Zhuang
  • 基金资助:

    This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program (2012CB932800, 2012CB215503), the National Science Foundation of China (21125312, 21203142), and the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20110141130002).

Intermetallic Pt2Si:magnetron-sputtering preparation and electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation

Zhandong Ren, Li Xiao, Gongwei Wang, Juntao Lu, Lin Zhuang   

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Hubei Key Lab of Electrochemical Power Sources, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, Hubei, China
  • Received:2013-12-10 Revised:2014-02-19 Online:2014-05-24 Published:2014-05-25
  • Supported by:

    This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program (2012CB932800, 2012CB215503), the National Science Foundation of China (21125312, 21203142), and the Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China (20110141130002).

摘要: Although most transition metals have been tested as the promoter to Pt for electrocatalysis toward fuel cell reactions, semi-conductor elements, such as Si, have hitherto not been examined. Here we report a simple synthesis of intermetallic Pt2Si electrode using magnetron sputtering and the electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR). In comparison to Pt, the intermetallic Pt2Si surface turns out to be much more active in catalyzing the EOR: the onset potential shifts negatively by 150 mV, and the current density at 0.6 V increases by a magnitude of one order. Such an enormous enhancement in EOR catalysis is ascribed to the promotion effects of Si, which can not only provide active surface oxygenated species to accelerate the removal of COads, but also strongly alter the electronic property of Pt, as clearly indicated by the core-level shift in XPS spectrum.

关键词: Pt2Si, intermetallic compound, magnetron sputtering, electrocatalysis, ethanol oxidation

Abstract: Although most transition metals have been tested as the promoter to Pt for electrocatalysis toward fuel cell reactions, semi-conductor elements, such as Si, have hitherto not been examined. Here we report a simple synthesis of intermetallic Pt2Si electrode using magnetron sputtering and the electrocatalysis toward ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR). In comparison to Pt, the intermetallic Pt2Si surface turns out to be much more active in catalyzing the EOR: the onset potential shifts negatively by 150 mV, and the current density at 0.6 V increases by a magnitude of one order. Such an enormous enhancement in EOR catalysis is ascribed to the promotion effects of Si, which can not only provide active surface oxygenated species to accelerate the removal of COads, but also strongly alter the electronic property of Pt, as clearly indicated by the core-level shift in XPS spectrum.

Key words: Pt2Si, intermetallic compound, magnetron sputtering, electrocatalysis, ethanol oxidation