Carbon‐Encapsulated PtCo Intermetallic/Co‐N‐C Hybrid Catalyst for Ultralow‐Pt‐Loading Fuel‐Cell Catalysis
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Developing high‐performance, low‐Pt catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is crucial for advancing proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), yet it remains an ongoing challenge. Herein, we report a structurally integrated catalyst featuring PtCo intermetallic nanoparticles encapsulated within a nitrogen‐doped carbon (NC) shell and supported on Co‐N‐C substrate. This catalyst achieves a high mass activity of 1.56 A mg Pt −1 at 0.9 V (iR‐free) and retains excellent stability, with only a 4 mV voltage decay at 0.8 A cm −2 after 60,000 cycles of accelerated durability testing in PEMFCs, even at an ultralow cathode Pt loading of 0.04 mg cm −2 . Through in situ spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations, we identify the mechanisms behind this performance. The NC shell not only acts as a physical barrier to improve stability but also actively promotes reaction kinetics by forming a hydrogen bond (N···*OOH) that breaks the scaling relationship of *OOH/*OH adsorption. Simultaneously, the Co‐N‐C support weakens the *OH adsorption for the optimized ORR kinetics and stabilizes the PtCo intermetallic nanoparticles through reinforcing metal‐support interactions. These synergic effects establish our catalyst as a leading candidate for low‐Pt PEMFCs and demonstrate that the structurally integrated design is a powerful paradigm for creating high‐performance Pt‐based ORR catalysts.
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