[en] Hollow bimetallic nanostructures are perfect systems to unravel the aging mechanisms of both Pt-based alloys and highly defective nanostructures used in proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) cathodes, since the mobility of their surface and bulk atoms leads to detectable chemical (i.e., Ni dissolution) and physical (i.e., decrease of the density of structural defects, collapse of the nanostructure, etc.) changes. In this study, we precisely and dynamically monitored these physicochemical changes on porous hollow PtNi/C nanoparticles during an aging procedure composed of 5000 potential cycles with linear ramps between 0.6 and 1.0 or 1.1 V vs RHE by using (i) synchrotron operando wide- and small-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS and SAXS), (ii) scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) in combination with X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (X-EDS), and (iii) electrochemical measurements. The synchrotron operando WAXS and SAXS results dynamically correlated the structural changes of the hollow NPs at both the atomic (Ni depletion, lattice parameter relaxation, variation in the density of structural defects, etc.) and nanometric (restructuring of the nanoparticles/collapse of the hollow nanostructure) level. They revealed that the collapse of the hollow nanostructure was always accompanied by a significant loss of the Ni content. The 0.6-1.1 V vs RHE aging protocol resulted in a more severe depreciation of the ORR associated with a larger restructuring of the nanoparticles in comparison to the 0.6-1.0 V vs RHE aging protocol, thus providing evidence that a critical potential exists for the stability of highly defective nanoalloys.
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemical engineering
Author, co-author :
Asset, Tristan
Gommes, Cédric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemical Engineering > Department of Chemical Engineering
Drnec, Jakub
Bordet, P
Chattot, R
Martens, I
Nelayah, J
Job, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Department of Chemical Engineering > Ingéniérie électrochimique
Maillard, F.
Dubau, Laetitia
Language :
English
Title :
Disentangling the Degradation Pathways of Highly Defective PtNi/C Nanostructures - An Operando Wide and Small Angle X-ray Scattering Study
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
ACS Catalysis
eISSN :
2155-5435
Publisher :
American Chemical Society, Washington DC, United States - Washington
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