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Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes
A galvanic deposition method for the in‐situ formation of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) on top and inner surfaces of high‐aspect‐ratio black TiO(2)‐nanotube electrodes (bTNTs) for true utilization of their total surface area has been developed. Density functional theory calculations indicated that the depo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9291612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34478230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101559 |
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author | Touni, Aikaterini Liu, Xin Kang, Xiaolan Carvalho, Patricia A. Diplas, Spyros Both, Kevin G. Sotiropoulos, Sotirios Chatzitakis, Athanasios |
author_facet | Touni, Aikaterini Liu, Xin Kang, Xiaolan Carvalho, Patricia A. Diplas, Spyros Both, Kevin G. Sotiropoulos, Sotirios Chatzitakis, Athanasios |
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description | A galvanic deposition method for the in‐situ formation of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) on top and inner surfaces of high‐aspect‐ratio black TiO(2)‐nanotube electrodes (bTNTs) for true utilization of their total surface area has been developed. Density functional theory calculations indicated that the deposition of Pt NPs was favored on bTNTs with a preferred [004] orientation and a deposition mechanism occurring via oxygen vacancies, where electrons were localized. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy images revealed a graded deposition of Pt NPs with an average diameter of around 2.5 nm along the complete nanotube axis (length/pore diameter of 130 : 1). Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) studies in acidic electrolytes showed comparable results to bulk Pt (per geometric area) and Pt/C commercial catalysts (per mg of Pt). The presented novel HER cathodes of minimal engineering and low noble metal loadings (μg cm(−2) range) achieved low Tafel slopes (30–34 mV dec(−1)) and high stability in acidic conditions. This study provides important insights for the in‐situ formation and deposition of NPs in high‐aspect‐ratio structures for energy applications. |
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spelling | pubmed-92916122022-07-20 Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes Touni, Aikaterini Liu, Xin Kang, Xiaolan Carvalho, Patricia A. Diplas, Spyros Both, Kevin G. Sotiropoulos, Sotirios Chatzitakis, Athanasios ChemSusChem Full Papers A galvanic deposition method for the in‐situ formation of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) on top and inner surfaces of high‐aspect‐ratio black TiO(2)‐nanotube electrodes (bTNTs) for true utilization of their total surface area has been developed. Density functional theory calculations indicated that the deposition of Pt NPs was favored on bTNTs with a preferred [004] orientation and a deposition mechanism occurring via oxygen vacancies, where electrons were localized. High‐resolution transmission electron microscopy images revealed a graded deposition of Pt NPs with an average diameter of around 2.5 nm along the complete nanotube axis (length/pore diameter of 130 : 1). Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) studies in acidic electrolytes showed comparable results to bulk Pt (per geometric area) and Pt/C commercial catalysts (per mg of Pt). The presented novel HER cathodes of minimal engineering and low noble metal loadings (μg cm(−2) range) achieved low Tafel slopes (30–34 mV dec(−1)) and high stability in acidic conditions. This study provides important insights for the in‐situ formation and deposition of NPs in high‐aspect‐ratio structures for energy applications. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-10-06 2021-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9291612/ /pubmed/34478230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101559 Text en © 2021 The Authors. ChemSusChem published by Wiley-VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Full Papers Touni, Aikaterini Liu, Xin Kang, Xiaolan Carvalho, Patricia A. Diplas, Spyros Both, Kevin G. Sotiropoulos, Sotirios Chatzitakis, Athanasios Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title | Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title_full | Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title_fullStr | Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title_full_unstemmed | Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title_short | Galvanic Deposition of Pt Nanoparticles on Black TiO(2) Nanotubes for Hydrogen Evolving Cathodes |
title_sort | galvanic deposition of pt nanoparticles on black tio(2) nanotubes for hydrogen evolving cathodes |
topic | Full Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9291612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34478230 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101559 |
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