Pt monolayer coating on complex network substrate with high catalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction
10.1126/sciadv.1400268
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Abstract

A deposition process has been developed to fabricate a complete-monolayer Pt coating on a large-surface-area three-dimensional (3D) Ni foam substrate using a buffer layer (Ag or Au) strategy. The quartz crystal microbalance, current density analysis, cyclic voltammetry integration, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results show that the monolayer deposition process accomplishes full coverage on the substrate and the deposition can be controlled to a single atomic layer thickness. To our knowledge, this is the first report on a complete-monolayer Pt coating on a 3D bulk substrate with complex fine structures; all prior literature reported on submonolayer or incomplete-monolayer coating. A thin underlayer of Ag or Au is found to be necessary to cover a very reactive Ni substrate to ensure complete-monolayer Pt coverage; otherwise, only an incomplete monolayer is formed. Moreover, the Pt monolayer is found to work as well as a thick Pt film for catalytic reactions. This development may pave a way to fabricating a high-activity Pt catalyst with minimal Pt usage.

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Li, M., Ma, Q., Zi, W., Liu, X., Zhu, X., & Liu, S. (Frank). (2015). Pt monolayer coating on complex network substrate with high catalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Science Advances, 1(8).

Authors 6
  1. Man Li (first)
  2. Qiang Ma (additional)
  3. Wei Zi (additional)
  4. Xiaojing Liu (additional)
  5. Xuejie Zhu (additional)
  6. Shengzhong (Frank) Liu (additional)
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@article{Li_2015, title={Pt monolayer coating on complex network substrate with high catalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction}, volume={1}, ISSN={2375-2548}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400268}, DOI={10.1126/sciadv.1400268}, number={8}, journal={Science Advances}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Li, Man and Ma, Qiang and Zi, Wei and Liu, Xiaojing and Zhu, Xuejie and Liu, Shengzhong (Frank)}, year={2015}, month=sep }