催化学报 ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 2792-2801.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(22)64100-7

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结构明确的Pt基电极在温和电化学条件下的表面重构

魏杰, 陈微, 周达, 蔡俊#(), 陈艳霞*()   

  1. 中国科学技术大学化学物理系, 合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心, 安徽合肥 230026
  • 收稿日期:2022-01-29 接受日期:2022-04-06 出版日期:2022-11-18 发布日期:2022-10-25
  • 通讯作者: 蔡俊,陈艳霞
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(22172151);国家自然科学基金(21972131);国家自然科学基金(21832004);国家自然科学基金(22102083);国家博士后基金(2021M691752)

Restructuring of well-defined Pt-based electrode surfaces under mild electrochemical conditions

Jie Wei, Wei Chen, Da Zhou, Jun Cai#(), Yan-Xia Chen*()   

  1. Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
  • Received:2022-01-29 Accepted:2022-04-06 Online:2022-11-18 Published:2022-10-25
  • Contact: Jun Cai, Yan-Xia Chen
  • About author:Yan-Xia Chen is a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China. She finished her Ph.D in Xiamen University. She has spent ca. 7 years in Germany and Japan for her postdoc research. Her research covers spectro-electrochemistry, single crystal electrochemistry, and electrocatalysis. Her group has focused on developing spectroscopic methods with both qualitative and quantitative analytical functions, computational simulation skills and using them in fundamental studies on electrochemical interfacial structure, reaction mechanisms, and kinetics of fuel cell processes, such as the oxygen reduction reaction and the oxidation of small organic molecules. She has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and three chapters in scientific books.
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(22172151);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21972131);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21832004);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22102083);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M691752)

摘要:

Pt基材料对众多电催化反应都具有较优异的性能, 因此是被广泛研究的一类电催化剂. 尤其自20世纪80年代实现在室温室压环境(Clavilier method)制备出结构明确、表面洁净的Pt单晶电极以来, 它一直作为最重要的一类模型电极用于揭示电催化反应的结构-性能关系以及机理和动力学. 具有明确表面结构的Pt单晶电极在温和的电化学条件下(例如, 在双电层、氢的欠电位沉积(H-UPD)或温和的氢析出/氧物种(OH)吸脱附等电位区域)通常被认为是相对稳定的. 然而, 随着电化学原位显微/光谱技术的进步, 在过去的十年中, 人们在温和的电化学条件下也观察到了Pt基模型电极表面细微的重构现象. 通过产生或破坏高活性位点等, 这种细微的表面重构可以显著改变电催化性能, 并极大地干扰对结构-性能关系以及相关反应机理的推断, 同时也对理论预测与实验测量之间, 以及不同环境下的实验测量结果之间的一致性提出了巨大挑战.

本文以CO的吸附与氧化、H2吸附与氢析出反应和O2还原等常见的电化学过程为例, 总结了在温和电化学反应条件下具有明确表面结构的Pt(基)模型电极表面观察到的一些典型重构现象. 这些重构现象可能是导致在多种电催化反应的结构-性能关系研究中理论预测和实验结果之间, 以及不同组的实验结果之间存在差异的原因. 例如Pt(111)单晶电极上氢气析出反应(HER)的交换电流密度一直存在较大的分歧; 理论和实验预测的Pt阶梯晶面在酸性溶液中氧还原反应(ORR)活性顺序彼此矛盾以及CO分子的氧化前峰出现的条件也存在一定争议等等. 这些结果也能为其他电催化体系的构效关系研究提供一定启示. 此外, 本文也强调了在电化学测量之前、期间和之后对电极进行精细结构表征的必要性及其对准确认识相关电催化体系的反应机理、动力学和构效关系的意义, 并对多种原位谱学、显微表征技术未来在时间和空间分辨率上的更大进步、耦合联用, 在实时反应条件下以前所未有的原子/分子尺度水平建立更准确的构效关系, 增强对电催化原理的认识进行了展望.

关键词: 表面重构, 结构明确的Pt电极表面, 结构-性能关系, 电化学原位表征, 电催化

Abstract:

Since the 1980s, single-crystal Pt electrodes with well-defined surface structures have been deemed stable under mild electrochemical conditions (e.g., in the potential region of electric double layers, underpotential deposition of hydrogen, or mild hydrogen evolution/OH adsorption) and have served as model electrodes for unraveling the structure-performance relation in electrocatalysis. With the advancement of in situ electrochemical microscopy/spectroscopy techniques, subtle surface restructuring under mild electrochemical conditions has been achieved in the last decade. Surface restructuring can considerably modify electrocatalytic properties by generating/destroying highly active sites, thereby interfering with the deduction of the structure-performance relation. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the restructuring of well-defined Pt(-based) electrode surfaces under mild electrochemical conditions. The importance of the meticulous structural characterization of Pt electrodes before, during, and after electrochemical measurements is demonstrated using CO adsorption/oxidation, hydrogen adsorption/evolution, and oxygen reduction as examples. The implications of present findings for correctly identifying the reaction mechanisms and kinetics of other electrocatalytic systems are also briefly discussed.

Key words: Surface restructuring, Well-defined Pt electrode surface, Structure-performance relation, In situ/operando electrochemical, characterization, Electrocatalysis