Origin of the synergistic effects of bimetallic nanoparticles coupled with a metal oxide heterostructure for accelerating catalytic performance

Al Zoubi, Wail, Al Mahmud, Abdullah, Hazmatulhaq, Farah, Thalji, Mohammad R., Leoni, Stefano ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4078-1000, Kang, Jee‐Hyun and Ko, Young Gun 2024. Origin of the synergistic effects of bimetallic nanoparticles coupled with a metal oxide heterostructure for accelerating catalytic performance. SusMat 4 (3) , e216. 10.1002/sus2.216

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Abstract

Precisely tuning bicomponent intimacy during reactions by traditional methods remains a formidable challenge in the fabrication of highly active and stable catalysts because of the difficulty in constructing well‐defined catalytic systems and the occurrence of agglomeration during assembly. To overcome these limitations, a PtRuPNiO@TiO x catalyst on a Ti plate was prepared by ultrasound‐assisted low‐voltage plasma electrolysis. This method involves the oxidation of pure Ti metal and co‐reduction of strong metals at 3000°C, followed by sonochemical ultrasonication under ambient conditions in an aqueous solution. The intimacy of the bimetals in PtRuPNiO@TiO x is tuned, and the metal nanoparticles are uniformly distributed on the porous titania coating via strong metal‒support interactions by leveraging the instantaneous high‐energy input from the plasma discharge and ultrasonic irradiation. The intimacy of PtRuPNiO@TiO x increases the electron density on the Pt surface. Consequently, the paired sites exhibit a high hydrogen evolution reaction activity (an overpotential of 220 mV at a current density of 10 mA cm−2 and Tafel slope of 186 mV dec−1), excellent activity in the hydrogenation of 4‐nitrophenol with a robust stability for up to 20 cycles, and the ability to contrast stated catalysts without ultrasonication and plasma electrolysis. This study facilitates industrially important reactions through synergistic chemical interactions.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Chemistry
Additional Information:	License information from Publisher: LICENSE 1: URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher:	Wiley Open Access
ISSN:	2692-4552
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	11 June 2024
Date of Acceptance:	20 May 2024
Last Modified:	08 Jul 2024 12:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169737

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