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The performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells is heavily dependent on the microstructure of electrode catalyst especially at low catalyst loadings. This work shows a hybrid electrocatalyst consisting of PtNi-W alloy nanocrystals loaded on carbon surface with atomically dispersed W sites by a two-step straightforward method. Single-atomic W can be found on the carbon surface, which can form protonic acid sites and establish an extended proton transport network at the catalyst surface. When implemented in membrane electrode assembly as cathode at ultra-low loading of 0.05 mg(Pt) cm(-2), the peak power density of the cell is enhanced by 64.4% compared to that with the commercial Pt/C catalyst. The theoretical calculation suggests that the single-atomic W possesses a favorable energetics toward the formation of *OOH whereby the intermediates can be efficiently converted and further reduced to water, revealing a interfacial cascade catalysis facilitated by the single-atomic W. This work highlights a novel functional hybrid electrocatalyst design from the atomic level that enables to solve the bottle-neck issues at device level.
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NANO-MICRO LETTERS
ISSN: 2311-6706
Year: 2023
Issue: 1
Volume: 15
2 6 . 6 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
ESI HC Threshold:26
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 32
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2
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