Core/Shell Face-Centered Tetragonal FePd/Pd Nanoparticles as an Efficient Non-Pt Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

Core/Shell Face-Centered Tetragonal FePd/Pd Nanoparticles as an Efficient Non-Pt Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

ACS nano (2015-10-06)

Guangming Jiang, Huiyuan Zhu, Xu Zhang, Bo Shen, Liheng Wu, Sen Zhang, Gang Lu, Zhongbiao Wu, Shouheng Sun

ABSTRACT

We report the synthesis of core/shell face-centered tetragonal (fct)-FePd/Pd nanoparticles (NPs) via reductive annealing of core/shell Pd/Fe3O4 NPs followed by temperature-controlled Fe etching in acetic acid. Among three different kinds of core/shell FePd/Pd NPs studied (FePd core at ∼8 nm and Pd shell at 0.27, 0.65, or 0.81 nm), the fct-FePd/Pd-0.65 NPs are the most efficient catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 0.1 M HClO4 with Pt-like activity and durability. This enhanced ORR catalysis arises from the desired Pd lattice compression in the 0.65 nm Pd shell induced by the fct-FePd core. Our study offers a general approach to enhance Pd catalysis in acid for ORR.

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