Self-Assembled Hollow Gyroids with Bicontinuous Mesostructures : A Highly Robust Electrocatalyst Fixation Platform
© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Materials published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.
| Publié dans: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.). - 1998. - 37(2025), 20 vom: 02. Mai, Seite e2412525 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2025
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| Accès à la collection: | Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) |
| Sujets: | Journal Article n‐doping oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) polymer self‐assembly stability structure engineering |
| Résumé: | © 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Materials published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH. The electrochemical degradation of Pt/C in commercial proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is a major challenge that limits their durability and performance. This degradation mainly arises from carbon corrosion, which facilitates the detachment of electrocatalyst particles that are weakly bound to catalyst supports. Herein, unusually robust hollow gyroid morphologies designed for strong electrocatalyst fixation and extensive surface accessibility during oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) are reported. To obtain self-assembled gyroid nanostructures using a poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) block copolymer, a solvent vapour treatment with dimethylformamide, which is highly selective for the P2VP block, is applied. It is discovered that retaining residual solvent in the gyroid-forming P2VP microdomain before carbonization is crucial for forming hollow gyroids with embedded electrocatalysts. These hollow gyroid carbon-Pt (HGC-Pt) nanostructures exhibit a 3.6-fold enhancement in electrochemically active surface area compared to solid gyroid carbon (SGC) counterparts. Based on systematic analyses, this exceptional electrochemical stability is attributed to greatly enhanced surface accessibility derived from the hollow geometry, uniform and robust catalyst embedding, and extensive pyridinic nitrogen doping from the P2VP block |
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| Description: | Date Revised 21.05.2025 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1521-4095 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.202412525 |