<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Sachin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yoyakki, Athira</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kurungot, Sreekumar</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surface-anchored PtNi alloy network over SiO2 (PtNi/SiO2): a versatile carbon-free cathode for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ACS Applied Engineering Materials</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;
	&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;The large-scale commercialization of the PEMFCs is hindered due to the high cost of the Pt-based electrocatalysts (Pt/C) and the low durability associated with the oxidation of the carbon support in Pt/C. Many Pt-based carbon-free electrocatalysts have been explored, exhibiting excellent stability and activity, but the performance is further expected to be improved by developing suitable Pt alloy catalysts based on the carbon-free supports. To explore this possibility, we have developed a PtNi/SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;alloy system, which acts as a carbon-free electrocatalyst exhibiting enhanced activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). A half-cell study of PtNi/SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;(45 wt%) shows ∼4.3 times higher ORR activity compared to the state-of-the-art Pt/C (40%). The uniform distribution of the PtNi nanoparticles over SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;is the crucial feature of the catalyst. PtNi/SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;shows better durability even after 5000 cycles compared to the state-of-the-art Pt/C. The catalyst shows a negative shift in the half-wave potential (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;E&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;1/2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;) by only 5 mV, which is lower than that of the 11 mV drop incurred by Pt/C. Considering this high activity of the PtNi/SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;catalyst for the ORR, we tried to explore the possibility of demonstrating a single-cell PEMFC in the MEA by pairing the catalyst as the cathode along with the Pt/C as the anode. This paired configuration of the single cell is found to be providing promising performance by delivering a current density of 960 mA/cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;at 0.60 V and a maximum power density of 835 mW/cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;. Thus, this study outlines the possibility of developing potential alloy combinations of Pt on carbon-free substrates and then deploying them as electrodes for PEMFC applications. In the context of mitigating the carbon corrosion-related issues without compromising the intrinsic activities of the catalysts, the development of suitable alloy combinations on various carbon-free substrates is of significant technological advantages. The formation of the alloy phase along with the fine and uniform distribution of the alloy nanoparticles on the SiO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; bottom: -0.25em; color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(21, 21, 21); font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;substrate, followed by its successful deployment as the cathode of a single cell, points toward the scope of exploring material developments in this direction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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