Anisotropic phase segregation and migration of Pt in nanocrystals en route to nanoframe catalysts

作者：Niu, Zhiqiang; Becknell, Nigel; Yu, Yi; Kim, Dohyung; Chen, Chen; Kornienko, Nikolay; Somorjai, Gabor A.; Yang, Peidong^*

来源：Nature Materials, 2016, 15(11): 1188-+.

DOI：10.1038/NMAT4724

• RAY-ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
• OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION
• BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES
• PLATINUM NANOPARTICLES
• ALLOY NANOPARTICLES
• ELECTROCATALYSTS
• SURFACES
• NI
• GROWTH
• ENERGY

Compositional heterogeneity in shaped, bimetallic nanocrystals offers additional variables to manoeuvre the functionality of the nanocrystal. However, understanding how to manipulate anisotropic elemental distributions in a nanocrystal is a great challenge in reaching higher tiers of nanocatalyst design. Here, we present the evolutionary trajectory of phase segregation in Pt-Ni rhombic dodecahedra. The anisotropic growth of a Pt-rich phase along the < 111 > and < 200 > directions at the initial growth stage results in Pt segregation to the 14 axes of a rhombic dodecahedron, forming a highly branched, Ptrich tetradecapod structure embedded in a Ni-rich shell. With longer growth time, the Pt-rich phase selectively migrates outwards through the 14 axes to the 24 edges such that the rhombic dodecahedron becomes a Pt-rich frame enclosing a Ni-rich interior phase. The revealed anisotropic phase segregation and migration mechanism offers a radically different approach to fabrication of nanocatalysts with desired compositional distributions and performance.

• 出版日期2016-11
• 单位清华大学