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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
卷 19, 期 7, 页码 3832-3843出版社
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2019.16301
关键词
Pt-Cu Nanoalloy; Nitrogen Doped Reduced Graphene Oxide; Methanol Electro-Oxidation; Electrochemical Activity; Cyclic Voltammetry
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资金
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India [P-81-103]
- DST-INSPIRE [IFA-15/ENG107]
- SERB-DST [ECR/2017/000302]
Incomplete methanol oxidation and rapid activity degradation of electro-catalysts are key barriers to successful commercialization of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). To address these problems, we report the synthesis of platinum-copper (PtCu) alloy nanoparticles supported on nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide (N-rGO) as the anode catalyst for the efficient electro-oxidation of methanol. Catalysts with varying molar ratios of PtCu were fabricated using impregnation reduction method and their electrochemical performance was compared with the commercially available Pt/C (20 wt%) anode catalyst. The electro-catalytic activity of the synthesized PtCu (1:2)/N-rGO catalyst was found to be much higher to those that observed for Pt/N-rGO and Pt/C catalyst as revealed by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and electron transfer measurements. The enhanced electrochemical activity of PtCu (1:2)/N-rGO catalyst is not only attributed to strong interfacial interaction between the nitrogen group of N-rGO and PtCu active metal phase but also to the altered electronic structure of Pt as a result of Cu alloying. This reduces the adsorption of CO and OH- species on Pt surface, thereby creating more Pt active sites for methanol electro-oxidation; thus faster kinetics is exhibited. These results indicate the potential application of PtCu/N-rGO catalyst as an anode material in a DMFC.
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