Abstract
In the attempt to reduce the high-cost and improve the overall durability of Pt-based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), density-functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to study the energetics of the elementary steps that occur during ORR on TiN(100)- and TiC(100)-supported single Pt atoms. The O2 and OOH* dissociation processes on Pt/TiN(100) are determined to be non-activated (i.e. “barrier-less” dissociation) while an activation energy barrier of 0.19 and 0.51 eV is found for these dissociation processes on Pt/TiC(100), respectively. Moreover, the series pathway (which is characterized by the stable OOH* molecular intermediate) on Pt/TiC(100) is predicted to be more favorable than the direct pathway. Our electronic structure analysis supports a strong synergistic co-operative effect by these non-oxide supports (TiN and TiC) on the reduced state of the single-atom Pt catalyst, and directly influences the rudimentary ORR steps on these single-atom platinized supports.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 208-215 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 58 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 Feb 25 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by Samsung Research Funding Center of Samsung Electronics under project number SRFC-MA1501-03. Computational resources have been provided by the KISTI Supercomputing Center (KSC-2017-C3-0008) and the Australian National Computational Infrastructure (NCI). This research was partially supported by the Graduate School of YONSEI University Research Scholarship Grants in 2017.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering(all)