过渡金属
催化作用
材料科学
过电位
单层
密度泛函理论
金属
氧还原反应
电子结构
化学工程
纳米技术
物理化学
计算化学
化学
电化学
冶金
有机化学
工程类
电极
作者
Xinwei Yang,Dengsong Zhang,Zhaoming Fu,Zhansheng Lu,Xilin Zhang,Yan Wang,Zhou Yang,Ruqian Wu
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.0c06174
摘要
The enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity can significantly boost the performance of fuel cells. MXene-supported transition metals with strong metal–support interactions (SMSI) are an effective strategy to increase the catalytic activity and durability while decreasing the usage of noble metals. Herein, a series of composites of transition-metal atoms (Ni, Pd, Pt, Cu, Ag, and Au) deposited on V2C MXene are designed as potential catalysts for ORR using density functional theory. The calculation results demonstrate that all the transition metals prefer to form a monolayer on V2C (TMML/V2C) with high thermodynamic stability because of SMSI, in which the Pd, Pt, Ag, and Au monolayers exhibit high chemical stability during the ORR process. PtML/V2C exhibits the highest activity toward ORR with the overpotential down to 0.38 V and the largest energy barrier of 0.48 eV. The excellent catalytic performance originates from the modification of the electronic structure by the V2C support because of SMSI. Our studies elucidate the SMSI between transition-metal atoms and V2C MXene from the atomic level and thus rationally design the ORR catalyst at the cathode of fuel cells to enhance the activity while possessing high stability and less Pt usage.
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