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  • Sub‐Monolayer YOx/MoOx on U...
    Li, Menggang; Zhao, Zhonglong; Zhang, Weiyu; Luo, Mingchuan; Tao, Lu; Sun, Yingjun; Xia, Zhonghong; Chao, Yuguang; Yin, Kun; Zhang, Qinghua; Gu, Lin; Yang, Weiwei; Yu, Yongsheng; Lu, Gang; Guo, Shaojun

    Advanced materials (Weinheim), 10/2021, Letnik: 33, Številka: 41
    Journal Article

    A crucial issue restricting the application of direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) is the low activity of Pt‐based electrocatalysts for alcohol oxidation reaction caused by the reaction intermediate (CO*) poisoning. Herein, a new strategy is demonstrated for making a class of sub‐monolayer YOx/MoOx‐surface co‐decorated ultrathin platinum nanowires (YOx/MoOx–Pt NWs) to effectively eliminate the CO poisoning for enhancing methanol oxidation electrocatalysis. By adjusting the amounts of YOx and MoOx decorated on the surface of ultrathin Pt NWs, the optimized 22% YOx/MoOx–Pt NWs achieve a high specific activity of 3.35 mA cm−2 and a mass activity of 2.10 A mgPt−1, as well as the enhanced stability. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and CO stripping studies confirm the contribution of YOx and MoOx to anti‐CO poisoning ability of the NWs. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further reveal that the surface Y and Mo atoms with oxidation states allow COOH* to bind the surface through both the carbon and oxygen atoms, which can lower the free energy barriers for the oxidation of CO* into COOH*. The optimal NWs also show the superior activities toward the electro‐oxidation of ethanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol. A new class of sub‐monolayer YOx/MoOx‐surface‐co‐decorated ultrathin platinum (Pt) nanowires is demonstrated to effectively boost alcohol oxidation electrocatalysis. The surface Y and Mo atoms make the free energies of CO* and COOH* be decoupled on the nanowire surfaces, lowering the energy barriers for the oxidation of CO* into COOH*.