Platinum-coated cobalt nanowires as oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts

Shaun M. Alia; Svitlana Pylypenko; K. C. Neyerlin; David A. Cullen; Shyam S. Kocha; Bryan S. Pivovar

doi:10.1021/cs500370q

Platinum-coated cobalt nanowires as oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalysts

Shaun M. Alia
, Svitlana Pylypenko
, K. C. Neyerlin
, David A. Cullen
, Shyam S. Kocha
, Bryan S. Pivovar

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Cobalt nanowires (CoNWs) are coated with platinum (Pt) by partial galvanic displacement, forming core/shell wires 200-300 nm in diameter and 100-200 μm in length. Pt-coated CoNWs (PtCoNWs) are characterized for activity in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) with rotating disk electrode half-cells in 0.1 M perchloric acid electrolytes. The resulting catalysts demonstrate ORR-specific activities in the range 2053-2783 μA cm_Pt^-2, comparable to the specific activity of polycrystalline Pt. The specific activities of PtCoNWs increase with decreasing Pt content and exhibit a corresponding increase in Pt lattice compression. PtCoNWs have exhibited a maximum mass activity of 793 mA mg_Pt^-1, 2.6 times greater than carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2680-2686
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Catalysis
Volume	4
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cs500370q
State	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

electrochemistry
extended surfaces
fuel cells
galvanic displacement
oxygen reduction reaction

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