Geometrically controlled nanoporous PdAu bimetallic catalysts with tunable Pd/Au ratio for direct ethanol fuel cells

L. Y. Chen; N. Chen; Y. Hou; Z. C. Wang; S. H. Lv; T. Fujita; J. H. Jiang; A. Hirata; M. W. Chen

doi:10.1021/cs400135k

Geometrically controlled nanoporous PdAu bimetallic catalysts with tunable Pd/Au ratio for direct ethanol fuel cells

L. Y. Chen, N. Chen, Y. Hou, Z. C. Wang, S. H. Lv, T. Fujita, J. H. Jiang, A. Hirata, M. W. Chen^*

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Abstract

We report nanoporous Pd_100-xAu_x (x = 0, 25, 50, 75, 100; np-PdAu) bimetallic catalysts fabricated by electrochemically dealloying isomorphous Pd_20-yAu_yNi₈₀ (y = 0, 5, 15, 20) precursors. The chemical composition of the nanoporous bimetallic catalysts can be precisely controlled by predesigning Pd/Au ratios in the ternary alloys. Dealloying at an appropriate potential for each alloy can selectively leach Ni away while the Pd and Au remain intact to form a geometrically controllable nanoporous structure. The electrocatalysis of the np-PdAu shows evident dependence on the Au/Pd atomic ratio, and the np-Pd₇₅Au₂₅ bimetallic catalyst shows superior electrocatalytic performance toward ethanol electrooxidation in comparison with commercial Pt/C, np-Pd, and other np-PdAu alloys. Since there are no obvious geometric shape and pore size disparities among the np-PdAu samples, the dealloyed catalysts also provide an ideal system to explore the chemical origins of the excellent catalytic properties of bimetallic catalysts.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1220-1230
Number of pages	11
Journal	ACS Catalysis
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cs400135k
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Pd-Au catalyst
bimetallic catalysis
dealloying
direct ethanol fuel cell
nanoporous alloy
surface electronic structure

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Catalysis
Chemistry(all)

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