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2015 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Review Nanosegregated Cathode Catalysts with Ultra-Low Platinum Loading Nenad M. Markovic Vojislav R. Stamenkovic Materials Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Project ID# FC008 This presentation does not contain any proprietary, confidential, or otherwise restricted information PIs:
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Page 1: Nanosegregated Cathode Catalysts with Ultra-Low …...3.1 New PtM 1 M 2 catalysts with higher activity and improved durability (95%) 3.2 Carbon support vs. nanostructured thin film

2015 DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Review

Nanosegregated Cathode Catalysts with Ultra-Low Platinum Loading

Nenad M. MarkovicVojislav R. Stamenkovic

Materials Science Division

Argonne National Laboratory

Project ID#FC008

This presentation does not contain any proprietary, confidential, or otherwise restricted information

PIs:

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Timeline

• Project end: 9/2015

Budget

• Total Project funding $ 5.1M

Overview

• Project start: 9/2009

Barriers

~ 30-40% (!!!)Cathode kinetics

1) Durability of fuel cell stack

2) Cost (catalyst, membrane, gdl)

3) Performance (losses and activity)

Partners:• Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Karren More

Project Lead:

• Argonne National Laboratory – Debbie Myers

2

• Funding for FY14: $ 764K

• Planned FY15 DOE Funding: $764K

• Los Alamos National Laboratory – Rod Borup

• Argonne National Laboratory

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DOE Technical Targets

• Durability w/cycling (80oC): 5000 hrs

• Cost*: $ 30/kWe

• Mass activity @0.9V: 0.44 A/mgPt

• PGM Total content: 0.2 g/kW

• Specific activity @0.9ViR-free: 720 µA/cm2

• Electrochemical area loss: < 40%

• Catalyst support loss: < 30%

• PGM Total loading: 0.2 mg/cm2electrode

*based on Pt cost of $450/troy ounce

Objectives The main focus of ongoing DOE Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Program is developmentof highly-efficient and durable multimetallic PtMN (M, N = Co, Ni, Fe, V, T) nanosegregatedcatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction with ultra low-Pt content

Relevance

ANL Technical Targets

• Mass activity @ 0.9ViR-free2015 DOE target x 3

• PGM Total content< 0.1g/kW

• Specific activity @ 0.9ViR-free2015 DOE target x 3

• Electrochemical area loss2015 DOE target

3

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Materials-by-design approach - by ANL to design, characterize, understand, synthesize/fabricate, test and develope advanced nanosegregated multi-metallic nanoparticles and nanostructured thin metal films

Nanosegregated Profile

Pt3Ni(111)-Skin ~100 times more active than the state-of-the-art Pt/C catalysts

Well-Defined Systems

d-band center [eV]2.63.03.4

Spec

ific

Act

ivity

: ik @

0.9

V [m

A/c

m2 re

al]

0

1

2

3

4

5

Pt3TiPt3V

Pt3Fe

Pt3CoPt3Ni

Pt-polyPt-skin surfacesPt-skeleton surfaces

Act

ivity

impr

ovem

ent f

acto

r vs

. Pt-p

oly

1

2

3

17

18

19

Target Activity Pt3Ni(111)

(a)

Pt/C ---

4

1st Layer

2nd Layer

3rd Layer

4th Layer

Pt=100 at.%

Pt=48 at.%

Ni=52 at.%

Pt=87 at.%

Ni=13 at.%

Pt=75 at.%Ni=25 at.%

Pt[111]-Skin surface

Advanced Nanoscale

Catalyst

Intrinsic Activity

0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

6 nm Pt/C acid leached PtNi/C acid leached/annealed PtNi/C

I (m

A)

E (V vs. RHE)

0.95 V

20-60°C20 mV/s

0.1 M HClO4

RDE:- ORR activity measured at 0.95V- iR corrected currents- Measurements without ionomer

NANOPARTICLESTHIN METAL FILMS / MODEL NANOPARTICLESEXTENDED Multi-M SURFACES

ApproachB

Pt thin film AnnealedPt (111)

I (µA

)

0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

-20

0

20

5 nm

A

-20

0

20

Pt thin film SputteredPt (111)

0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

I (µA

)

• Activity boost by lower surface coverage of spectators

• Prevent loss of TM atoms without activity decrease

• Rational synthesis based on well-defined systems

• Addition of the elements that hinder Pt dissolution

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Approach / Milestone

1.1 Resolved electronic/atomic structure and segregation profile (100%)1.2 Confirmed reaction mechanism of the ORR (100%)

2.1 Physical methods: TM films (5-10 layers), nanoparticles (5-300 nm) (95%)2.2 Established chemical methods: colloidal and impregnation synthesis (95%)

1.3 Improved specific and mass activity (95%)

2.3 Characterization: Ex-situ (UHV, TEM) and in-situ (EXAFS, EC) (100%)2.4 Theoretical modeling (DFT, MC) methods (95%)

Milestone 1. Fundamental understanding (FY09-13) (Accomplished)

Milestone 2. Synthesis and characterization (FY10-14)

(Go-No Go Decision Met)

3.3 MEA testing (50 cm2) of the optimized catalysts (85%)

3.1 New PtM1M2 catalysts with higher activity and improved durability (95%)3.2 Carbon support vs. nanostructured thin film catalysts (95%)

3.4 Scale up of the catalyst fabrication in lab environment (80%)

Milestone 3. Fabrication and testing (FY11-14)

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Technical Accomplishments FY09 -14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

6

Colloidal solvo - thermal approach has been developed for monodispersed PtMN NPs with controlled size and composition

1o Particle size effect applies to Pt-bimetallic NPs Specific Activity increases withparticle size: 3 < 4.5 < 6 < 9nmMass Activity decreases with particle size Optimal size particle size ~5nm

Efficient surfactant removal methoddoes not change the catalyst properties

2o Temperature induced segregation in Pt-bimetallic NPs Agglomeration prevented

Optimized annealing temperature 400-500oC

(b)

3o Surface chemistry of homogeneous Pt-bimetallic NPs PtxM(1-x) NPs

Dissolution of non Pt surface atoms leads to Pt-skeleton formation

4o Composition effect in Pt-bimetallic NPs Pt3M

Optimal composition of Pt-bimetallic NPs is PtM1 nm

0.22 nm

1 nm1 nm

PtM PtM2 PtM3

J. Phys. Chem. C., 113 (2009) 19365

Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 12 (2010) 6933

Adv. Funct. Mat., 21 (2011) 147

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Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

7

5o Pt-bimetallic catalysts with mutilayered Pt-skin surfaces

1 nm 1 nm

Ni

Position (nm)43 5210

Inte

nsity

(a. u

.)

Pt

Inte

nsity

(a. u

.)

Position (nm)43 5210

Multilayered Pt-skinsurfaces confirmed for PtNi annealed NPs

3-4ML of Pt-skeletonsurfaces for PtNi acid leached NPs

Synthesized PtNi NPs have homogeneous distribution of Pt, Ni

RDE after 4K cycles @60oC (0.6-1.05V vs. RHE): 8-fold specific and 10-fold mass activity improvements over Pt/C

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0 before

Spec

ific

Activ

ity (m

A/cm

2 )

after

0

2

4

6

Impr

ovem

ent F

acto

r(v

s. P

t/C)

0

2

4

6

8

10

afterbefore after0

100

200

300

400

Impr

ovem

ent F

acto

r(v

s. P

t/C)

Mas

s Ac

tivity

( A/g

) before after

0

2

4

6

before0

4

8

10

14

6o Multimetallic NPs can further improve activity and durability Au core

PtFe shell Pt/C Au/PtFe

before beforeAfter 60K cycles After 60K cycles

Pt3FeCo/C Co Kα

Pt LαPt Fe Co

Fe Kα

Highly homogeneous nanoparticles

Additional gain in mass and specific activities vs. Pt and Pt3M alloys

Impr

ovem

ent f

acto

r vs.

Pt

1

2

3

4

5

Mas

s ac

tivity

A/ m

g Pt

0.20

0.10

0.30

0.35

Pt/C Pt3FeCo/C Pt3CoNi/C Pt3FeNi/C

/ C

PtMNTernary NPs

HSAcarbon

Pt3FeCo/C

Pt3CoNi/C

Pt3FeNi/C

JACS, 133 (2011) 14396

Nano Letters, 11 (2011) 919

J. Phys. Chem. Letters, 3 (2012) 1668

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Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

8

7o Electrochemically active surface area of Pt-Skin catalystsTEM

Pt-NPs PtNi-NPs

davg = 5 nm

Pt-Skeleton NPs

Pt-Skin NPs

Catalysts with multilayered Pt-skin surfaces exhibit substantially lower coverage by Hupd vs. Pt/C

(up to 40% lower Hupd region is obtained on Pt-Skin catalyst)

Surface coverage of adsorbed CO is not affected on Pt-skin surfaces

Ratio between QCO/QHupd>1 is indication of Pt-skin formation

Electrochemical oxidation of adsorbed CO should be used for estimation of EAS of Pt-skin catalysts

Benefits: to avoid overestimation of specific activity

8o Multimetallic Pt3NM alloys can further improve activity

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0Pt-skeletonPt-skin

Pt3Co

Impr

ovem

ent F

acto

rsvs

. Pt-p

oly

Pt3CoN

i

Pt3FeN

i

Pt3FeC

o

Spec

ific

Activ

ity (m

A/cm

2 )

Pt-poly

0

1

2

3

4

0.0 0.3 0.4

0

1

2

Pt3FePt3(FeCo)1

Pt3CoPt3(CoNi)1

Pt3(FeNi)1

Pt3Ni

ln(j/j Pt

)

P

Pt

Similarly to Pt3M alloys, ternary alloys form Pt-skeleton and Pt-skin surfaces depending on the surface treatment

The most active alloy is Pt3NiCo, with 4-fold improvement factor in specific activity compared to Pt-poly

9o MEA: PtNi-MLSkin/NPs 20,000 potential cycles, 0.6 – 0.95 V

No change in Ni and Pt edges after 20K cycles confirms high stability pf multilayered Pt-Skin under operating conditions

Specific surface area loss was only 12%, while Pt/C catalysts suffer loss of 20-50%

JACS 133 (2011) 14396

J. Phys. Chem. Letters, 3 (2012) 1668

Unpublished

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Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

9

10o Mesostructured Thin Films with Tunable Morphology

A

-20

0

20

Pt thin film SputteredPt (111)

0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

I (µA

)

BPt thin film AnnealedPt (111)

I (µA

)0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

-20

0

20

5 nm

0

2

4

6

8

4

8

12

16

20

C

As-deposited

Annealed

Spec

ific

Activ

ity (m

A cm

-2Pt

)

Pt thin film on GC PtNi thin film on GC

Pt3Ni(111)-Skin

ΔT

ΔT

orderingPt Poly

Polycrystalline → (111)

Impr

ovem

ent f

acto

r vs.

Pt-

poly

0

2

4

6

8

4

8

12

16

20 Scientific AchievementControl of surface structure and morphology of multimetallic thin films without use of templates for epitaxial growth

Significance and ImpactEnables electrocatalyticproperties of Pt-alloy single crystals in thin film materials

NanoStructuredThin Films 20 nm

1o

A

x10

Surface Modification

andSubstrate Evaporation

20 nm

2o

B

x10

2 nm B’

2 nmA’

MesostructuredThin Films

20 nm

3o

C

x10

2 nmC’

Nano Structured

Meso Structured

-0.8

-0.4

0.0

0.4

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2

E (V vs RHE)

I (m

A cm

-2)

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2

-1.5

-1.0

-0.5

0.0

I (m

A)

E (V vs RHE)

0.6

1.2

1.8

2.4

2

4

6

8

0.90

0.95

1.00

0.01 0.1 1ikin (mA cm-2)

E (V

vs

RHE)

c

d ΔT

PtNi NSTF

Impr

ovem

ent F

acto

r vs.

Pt P

oly

i kin

(mA

cm

Pt-2

)

Pt NSTF

Pt Poly

Pt/C PtNi Meso-TF

PtNi Meso-TFPtNi NSTFPt NSTFPt/C

2 3

@0.95V vs. RHE

Nature Materials, 11 (2012) 1051

MSTF vs. Pt/C:SA 20-fold MA 6-fold

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Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

10

11o Highly active and durable multimetallic NWs

Co32Pt68 Co12Pt88

)highly crystalline

segregation profiles

CV/ORR Stability Test:4,000 cycles0.6-1.0V0.1M HClO4

Pt Alloy NWs are active and durable catalyst with no change in activity after 4,000 cyclesSpecific activity depends on the composition and width of NWsAnnealing of NWs induces formation of nanosegregated profile with Pt-Skin type of surfacePt-Skin confirmed by suppressed Hupd, Pt-OH shift, COad/Hupd ratio, and high ORR activity

12o Core-Shell particles with Au interlayer

Ni

AuPt

4nm~ 5-6nm

20nm

- Pt - Au

segregation trend of Au onto surfacedriving force that diffuses Pt into the bulkdriving force induced by strong Pt - OHad interaction

- O

segregation trend of Pt into the bulk

- Fe- Ni

Nano Letters, 14 (2014) 6361

Angew. Chem. Int.Ed., 52 (2013) 3465width 5.5 nm

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Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

Scientific AchievementNanoparticles with tuned size, surface and subsurface compositional profile based onNi core coated with Au interlayer which is covered by PtNi shell enable advanced electrocatlytic properties for the ORR

Significance and ImpactORR specific and mass activities of NP withcore/interlayer/shell are 8-fold more active than Pt/C catalyst after less than 10% of loss in activity in 10K cycles between 0.6 and 1.1V

Research Details–Monodisperse 3nm Ni NPs were synthesized as core–Thickness of the Au interlayer was tuned for durability–Threshold content of Au was found to be 5 at. %–PtNi shell was deposited over Ni/Au core/shell particles–Synergy between electronic effect and Au surface energy defines advanced electrocatalytic properties

Nano Letters 14 (2014) 6361-6367

Pt/C

PtNi/C

Ni/Au/NiPt/C

- Pt - Au

- O

- Fe- Ni

Au content (at. %)Re

tain

ed a

ctiv

ity (

%)

Non-PGM core /Au interlayer/PtM shell

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Non-PGM core /Au interlayer/PtM shell

- Pt - Au

segregation trend of Au onto surfacedriving force that diffuses Pt into the bulkdriving force induced by strong Pt - OHad interaction

- O

segregation trend of Pt into the bulk

- Fe- Ni

Stabilization mechanism

RDE: 0.6 – 1.1V vs. RHE0.1M HClO41600 rpm

Technical Accomplishments FY09-14: Pt-alloy Nanocatalysts

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Subsurface Au decreases total number of Pt active sites for adsorption of O2

Au core / PtNi shell NPs have the same catalytic activity as PtNi NPs

Subsurface Au does not alter catalytic properties of NPs

4nm

~ 5-6nm

non-PGM core / Au interlayer / PtNi shell

Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical evaluation of core shell NPsAccomplishments and Progress: Core/Shell NPs with Au interlayer

X∆Pt-Skin

high activity Pt3M

high durability

underlayered Au

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Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical evaluation of core shell NPsAccomplishments and Progress: Core/Shell NPs with Au interlayer

Subsurface Au segregates over Pt after thermal annealing which diminish number of Pt active sites for adsorption of O2

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Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical evaluation of core shell NPsAccomplishments and Progress: Core/Shell NPs with Au interlayer

Subsurface Au does not segregate over Pt after thermal annealing, preserves number of Pt active sites and forms Pt-Skin overlayer with high ORR activity

0

2

4

6

8

4

8

12

16

20

C

As-deposited

Annealed

Spec

ific

Activ

ity (m

A cm

-2Pt

)

Pt thin film on GC PtNi thin film on GC

Pt3Ni(111)-Skin

ΔT

ΔT

orderingPt Poly

Polycrystalline → (111)

Impr

ovem

ent f

acto

r vs.

Pt-

poly

0

2

4

6

8

4

8

12

16

20

Pt PtNi-Skeleton

PtNi-Skin

A

-20

0

20

Pt thin film SputteredPt (111)

0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

I (µA

)

BPt thin film AnnealedPt (111)

I (µA

)

0.2 E (V)0.4 0.6 0.8

-20

0

20

5 nm

Dissolution of Pt surface and Ni near-surface is diminished by 2-3 order of magnitude

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- H2PtCl6 and Ni(NO3)2 react in oleylamine at 270oC for 3 min forming solid PtNi3 polyhedral NPs- Reacting solution is exposed to O2 that induces spontaneous corrosion of Ni

- Ni rich NPs are converted into Pt3Ni nanoframes with Pt-skeleton type of surfaces

- Controlled annealing induces Pt-Skin formation on nanoframe surfaces

Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical evaluation of Nanoframes

Science , 343 (2014) 1339

Technical Accomplishments FY14: PtNi Nanoframes

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C

Incorporation of Ionic Liquid Into the Nanoframes

- No change in activity after 10K cycles 0.6 – 1.0 V

- Mass activity increase over 35-fold vs. Pt/C

- Specific activity increase over 20-fold vs. Pt/C

- Increase in mass activity over 15-fold vs. DOE target

Science , 343 (2014) 1339

RDE @ 0.95V vs. RHE0.1M HClO41600 rpm

RDE @ 0.90V vs. RHE0.1M HClO41600 rpm

Technical Accomplishments FY14: PtNi Nanoframes

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Lab Scale Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Evaluations

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

Improvement Factor vs. Pt/C

Specific Activity @0.95 V (mA cm-2)

Size

(nm

)

Pt/C PtNi/C

30 mg of Catalysts per batch 60 mg of Catalysts per batch

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Nanoframes in 5 cm2 MEA ANL and ORNL

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

0.1 µm

HAADF-STEM

0.1 µm

BF-STEM

membraneca

taly

st la

yer

membrane

5 nm

BF-STEM Pt Ni

5 nm

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Nanoframes in RDE with Ionomer and T

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

Specific Activity of Pt/C TKK 20 wt% I/C=0.8, 60°C,

0.9 V: 0.2 mA/cm²

2x decrease in specific activity of with addition of ionomer to nanoframes

Nanoframes have >10x higher activity than 20 wt% Pt/C

20°CSpecific Activity

[mA/cm2]No

Ionomer

20°CSpecific Activity

[mA/cm2]I/C = 0.8

60°C Specific Activity

[mA/cm2]No

Ionomer

60°C Specific Activity

[mA/cm2]I/C = 0.8

0.95V 1.25 0.92 0.659 0.372

0.90V 7.35 4.87 4.14 2.16

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Nanoframes in 5 cm2 MEA ANL and ORNL

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

Cathode Loading: 0.035 mg-Pt/cm2, I/C = 0.8H2/O2, 80°C, 150 kPa(abs), 100%RH

ORR Activity @ 0.9 V: Mass Activity Specific ActivityTKK 20 wt%Pt/C: 0.24 A/mg-Pt 0.45 mA/cm2-PtPtNi Nanoframes: 0.76 A/mg-Pt 2.60 mA/cm2-Pt

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Nanoframes in 5 cm2 MEA ANL and LANL

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

Metric Units DOE 2020 Target

PtNi Nanoframe TKK Pt/C

Pt total loading mg-PGM/cm²geo ≤0.125 0.035 0.035

Mass activity A/[email protected]

≥0.44 0.76 0.22

MEA performance mA/cm²geo @ 800 mV ≥300 148 44.3

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 16000.3

0.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

H2-Air80 OC100 % RH

Cell

Volta

ge (V

)

Current Density (mA/cm2)

TKK Pt/C PtNi Nanoframe/C

0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 40000.4

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

IR c

orre

cted

Cel

l Vol

tage

(V)

Current Density (mA/cm2)

TKK Pt/C PtNi Nanoframes/C

H2-O2

80 OC100 % RH

LANL obtained mass activity of 0.3 A/mgPt @ 80oC and 3x higher Pt loading on the cathode in an unoptimized 5cm2 MEA

H2 / O2 Performance H2 / Air

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4 nm4 nm4 nm

7-methyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene [MTBD]

Incorporation of Ionic Liquid Into the Nanoframes in MEA

Accomplishments and Progress: PtNi Nanoframes

Initial measurements with nanoframesand IL in MEA justifies this approach

Nanoframes with IL exhibit 30% improved activity

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2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

Atomic number (z)

Activ

ity im

prov

emen

t fac

tor v

s. P

t-pol

y

Pt3CoPt3Fe

Pt3VPt3Ti

Pt3Ni

Activ

ity im

prov

emen

t fac

tor v

s. P

t/C

5.0

10

15

20

Polycrystalline Alloys

Pt - Skin

Pt - Skeleton

20.0 70

Single Crystal Alloys

*

Metallic Nanoparticles dispersed in Carbon

*

22 24 26 28 30 78

PtNiNSTF

Pt3Ni(111)

1.0 * *Pt/C

Pt3Ni

* NSTF

Pt3Co Pt

*NSTF NSTFM

esos

cale

orde

ring

*Pt3CoNiNSTF

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Electrochemical Activity Map for the ORR RDE and MEA

Accomplishments and Progress: ORR on Pt-alloys

PtNi Meso-STFPtNi Nanoframes

PtNi NF in MEA

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Efficient implantation of fundamental principles to the practical systems in the form of NPs, NWs, and nanoframes with adjustable compositional profile and structure

Electrocatalysts based on nanosegregated Pt alloy NPs, NWs, MSTFs and Nanoframes

Established methodology that is capable to form and determine the nanosegregatedPt-skin surfaces for different classes of electrocatalysts

Established scalable synthetic protocols to produce larger amounts of materials

Evaluation of multimetallic Pt-alloy electrocatalysts

Different classes of materials have been synthesized in the form of NPs, NWs, nanoframes and characterized by TEM, HRSEM, in-situ HRTEM, XRD, RDE, MEA

Specific activity of Pt-alloy vs. Pt/C electrocatalysts can be improved by 20-fold for Nanoframes and MSTF, 10-fold for core/shell NPs and 7-fold for NWs. Mass activities improvements vs. Pt/C are 36-fold for nanoframes, 7-fold for core/shell, 6-fold for MSTF and 4-fold for NWs (RDE in 0.1M HClO4 @ 0.95V vs. RHE)

Stability of Nanoframes, MSTF, core/shell NPs and NWs is superior compared to Pt/C

Two fold power of annealing facilitates the formation of an energetically more favorable surface state rich in (111) facets and distinct oscillatory segregation profilein core/shell NPs, NWs, mesostructured thin films and Nanoframes

Nanoframes are the first nanoscale catalyst with ORR bulk single crystal activity

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Future Work

• Tailoring of the composition that can improve/optimize durability/performance in Pt-alloys

• Synthesis of tailored low-PGM practical catalysts (Meso-TF | Core/Interayer/Shell | Nanoframes)

FY 2015

FY 2016 (new funding period)

• Characterization Structural and Electrochemical (RDE, MEA, HRTEM)

• Support – Catalyst interactions / Tuning of the performance

• Scaling-up of synthesis to produce gram scale quantities of the most promising catalysts

• Activity/stability evaluation and optimization of MEA protocols at ANL and LANL

• Alternative approaches towards highly active and stable catalysts with low PGM content

• Achieving full lab scale capacity for scaling up of chemical synthesis of nanoframe catalysts

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Collaborations

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory – HRTEM

SUB-CONTRACTORS

• Argonne National Laboratory – Nanoscale fabrication and DFT (CNM)COLLABORATORS

• Argonne National Laboratory – MEA Testing D. Myers (CSE)

• Los Alamos National Laboratory – MEA Testing R. Borup / T. Rockward

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Publications and Presentations

FY09-15

15 Publications36 Presentations

over 1200 Citations3 issued US patents

5 patent applications

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