Hydroxyl Reservoir in Metal‐Bond‐Weakened PtFeSn Nanowires for Efficient Fuel Cell Catalysis
ABSTRACT Constructing an effective hydroxyl reservoir to optimize adsorption behavior of Pt‐based catalysts toward oxygen/carbon‐containing intermediates represents a key challenge for enhancing the CO tolerance of the anodic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and the kinetics of the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Herein, we propose a Sn‐incorporation‐induced hydroxyl reservoir strategy for boosting MOR/ORR bifunctional electrocatalysis through metal‐bond‐weakened PtFeSn ternary alloy nanowires. Oxophilic Sn weakens Pt‐Pt bonds, induces lattice expansion, reduces electron sharing, and d ‐band center downshift, thus promoting H 2 O dissociation and OH supply, and forming a dynamic hydroxyl reservoir that provides stable oxygen species for *CO removal and *OH desorption. Consequently, the optimized Pt 77 Fe 16 Sn 7 exhibits exceptional MOR activity (2.07 A mg Pt −1 and 2.16 mA cm −2 ), excellent CO tolerance, and long‐term stability. For ORR, it achieves a half‐wave potential of 0.928 V and mass activity of 1.55 A mg Pt −1 , outperforming Pt 76 Fe 24 and Pt/C. In practical fuel cell devices, Pt 77 Fe 16 Sn 7 achieves a peak power density of 149 mW cm −2 in DMFC, while delivering 1.17 W cm −2 under H 2 ‐air conditions in PEMFC, with superior stability in both configurations. This work offers a new paradigm for atomic‐scale metal bond regulation toward high‐performance Pt‐based fuel cell catalysts.
Authors
- Chengwei Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4970-5389)
- Fengyu Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6334-9101)
- Zhonghong Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0115-5878)
- Yongsheng Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3907-693X)
- Jie Sheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9013-8967)
- Menggang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1354-2645)
- Yajing Qi
- Tianci Wei
- Weiwei Yang
- Chunji Li
- Jie Chen
- Tongbo Zhang
- Wen Huang
- Xinyu Wang
Institutions
- Shanghai University (CN)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)
- State Power Investment Corporation (China) (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.79328
- Primary Topic
- Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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