Plating Precious Metals on Nonprecious Metal Nanoparticles for Sustainable Electrocatalysts.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Precious metals have broad applications in modern industry and renewable energy technologies. The high cost and limited availability of these materials, however, have caused a grand challenge for sustainability. Here, we report on the plating of a precious metal on nonprecious metal nanoparticles for the development of sustainable electrocatalysts. Cobalt/platinum core/shell (denoted as Co@Pt) nanoparticles were synthesized via seed-mediated growth. The Co seeds were first synthesized by thermal decomposition of cobalt carbonyl, and the Pt shell was overgrown in situ by adding platinum acetylacetonate (Pt(acac)<sub>2</sub>). The galvanic replacement reaction between Co and the Pt precursor was successfully suppressed by taking advantage of CO (generated from the decomposition of cobalt carbonyl) as the stabilizing ligand and/or reducing agent. The obtained Co@Pt nanoparticles were further found to exhibit enhanced catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).