张桥教授、程涛教授及其合作者在Nano Lett.上发表论文

题目：

Bismuth Oxyhydroxide-Pt Inverse Interface for Enhanced Methanol Electrooxidation Performance

作者：

Xuchun Wang,^#,1 Miao Xie,^#,1 Fenglei Lyu,*^,1 Yun-Mui Yiu,² Zhiqiang Wang,² Jiatang Chen,² Lo-Yueh Chang,¹

Yujian Xia,¹ Qixuan Zhong,¹ Mingyu Chu,¹ Hao Yang,¹ Tao Cheng,*^,1 Tsun-Kong Sham,*^,2 and Qiao Zhang,*^,1

单位：

¹Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Carbon-Based Functional Materials and Devices, Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, China

²Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A5B7, Canada

摘要：

Developing efficient Pt-based electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) is of pivotal importance for large-scale application of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), but Pt suffers from severe deactivation brought by the carbonaceous intermediates such as CO. Here, we demonstrate the formation of a bismuth oxyhydroxide (BiO_x(OH)_y)-Pt inverse interface via electrochemical reconstruction for enhanced methanol oxidation. By combining density functional theory calculations, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and electrochemical characterizations, we reveal that the BiO_x (OH)_y-Pt inverse interface can induce the electron deficiency of neighboring Pt; this would result in weakened CO adsorption and strengthened OH adsorption, thereby facilitating the removal of the poisonous intermediates and ensuring the high activity and good stability of Pt₂Bi sample. This work provides a comprehensive understanding of the inverse interface structure and deep insight into the active sites for MOR, offering great opportunities for rational fabrication of efficient electrocatalysts for DMFCs.

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12.279

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链接：

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03340