Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol.541, 185-191, 2003
Study of Pt/C and Pt-Fe/C catalysts for oxygen reduction in the light of quantum chemistry
The oxygen reduction reaction (orr) on carbon-supported Pt and Pt3Fe alloy has been studied by means of the ab initio and density function theory approaches. A model cluster consisting of substrate carbon atoms, Pt and/or Fe atoms on the three major crystal planes (100), (110) and (111) of Pt and Pt3Fe, was applied to simulate the carbon-supported-catalyst behavior. The anchor effect of iron to platinum on carbon has been confirmed from quantum chemistry. The enhanced catalysis effect of Fe in Pt-Fe ally catalyst on the orr has also been confirmed by the evidence disclosed in analysis of the frontal molecular orbital energy and the change of the O-O bond.