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Virus-templated Pt–Ni(OH)2 nanonetworks for enhanced electrocatalytic reduction of water

TitleVirus-templated Pt–Ni(OH)2 nanonetworks for enhanced electrocatalytic reduction of water
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsRecords WC, Yoon Y, Ohmura JF, Chanut N, Belcher AM
JournalNano Energy
Volume58
Pagination167 - 174
Date PublishedAvr-2019
ISSN22112855
Abstract

Clean hydrogen production via water electrolysis is incumbent upon the development of high-performing hydrogen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. Despite decades of commercial maturity, however, alkaline water electrolyzers continue to suffer from limitations in electrocatalytic activity and stability, even with noble metal catalysts. In recent years, combining platinum with oxophilic materials, such as metal hydroxides, has shown great promise for improving performance potentially by enabling stronger water dissociation at the surface of electrocatalysts. In this work, we leveraged the nanoscopic proportions and surface programmability of the filamentous M13 bacteriophage in the design, synthesis, and exceptional performance of 3D nanostructured biotemplated electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen evolution. We developed a facile synthesis method for phage-templated, Pt–Ni(OH)2 nanonetworks, relying on scalable techniques like electroless deposition. After optimization of the platinum content, our materials display –4.9 A mg–1Pt at −70 mV versus the reversible hydrogen electrode, the highest reported mass activity in 1 M KOH to date, and undergo minimal changes in overpotential under galvanostatic operation at −10 mA cm–2geo. Looking forward, the performance of these catalysts suggests that biotemplating nanostructures with M13 bacteriophage offers an interesting new route for developing high-performing electrocatalysts.

URLhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211285518309960
DOI10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.083
Short TitleNano Energy
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