催化作用
材料科学
选择性
化学工程
纳米晶
双金属片
自组装
直接乙醇燃料电池
四面体
纳米技术
化学
结晶学
有机化学
质子交换膜燃料电池
工程类
作者
Tianchun Cheng,Jinshu Tian,Du Jiafeng,Zhi Wang,Jinyu Ye,Aihua Liu,Qiaoli Chen,Yihan Zhu
出处
期刊:Small
[Wiley]
日期:2023-10-06
标识
DOI:10.1002/smll.202306221
摘要
Abstract Direct ethanol fuel cells hold great promise as a power source. However, their commercialization is limited by anode catalysts with insufficient selectivity toward a complete oxidation of ethanol for a high energy density, as well as sluggish catalytic kinetics and low stability. To optimize the catalytic performance, rationally tuning surface structure or interface structure is highly desired. Herein, a facile route is reported to the synthesis of Rh nanosheets‐supported tetrahedral Rh nanocrystals (Rh THs/NSs), which possess self‐supporting homogeneous interface between Rh tetrahedrons and Rh nanosheets. Due to full leverage of the structural advantages within the given structure and construction of interfaces, the Rh THs/NSs can serve as highly active electro‐catalysts with excellent mass activity and selectivity toward ethanol electro‐oxidation. The in situ Fourier transform infrared reflection spectroscopy showed the Rh THs/NSs exhibit the highest C1 pathway selectivity of 23.2%, far exceeding that of Rh nanotetrahedra and Rh nanosheets. Density function theory calculations further demonstrated that self‐interface between Rh nanosheets and tetrahedra is beneficial for C‐C bond cleavage of ethanol. Meanwhile, the self‐supporting of 2D nanosheets greatly enhance the stability of tetrahedra, which improves the catalytic stability.
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