期刊
CATALYSTS
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal10060689
关键词
reduced graphene oxide; carbon nanotubes; platinum catalyst; iridium additive; oxygen reduction reaction; hydrogen peroxide intermediate
资金
- National Science Center (NCN, Poland) under Opus Project [2018/29/B/ST5/02,627]
- European Commission through the Graphene Flagship-Core 1 project [GA-696656]
- European Union EIT Raw Materials ALPE [19247, EIT/RAW MATERIALS/SGA2020/1]
Hybrid systems composed of the reduced graphene oxide-supported platinum and multiwalled carbon nanotube-supported iridium (both noble metals utilized at low loadings on the level of 15 and <= 2 mu g cm(-2), respectively) were considered as catalytic materials for the reduction of oxygen in acid media (0.5-mol dm(-3)H(2)SO(4)). The electrocatalytic activity toward reduction of oxygen and formation of hydrogen peroxide intermediate are tested using rotating ring-disk electrode (RRDE) voltammetric experiments. The efficiency of the proposed catalytic systems was also addressed by performing galvanodynamic measurements with gas diffusion electrode (GDE) half-cell at 80 degrees C. The role of carbon nanotubes is to improve charge distribution at the electrocatalytic interface and facilitate the transport of oxygen and electrolyte in the catalytic systems by lowering the extent of reduced graphene oxide restacking during solvent evaporation. The diagnostic electrochemical experiments revealed that-in iridium-containing systems-not only higher disk currents, but also somehow smaller ring currents are produced (when compared to the Ir-free reduced graphene oxide-supported platinum), clearly implying formation of lower amounts of the undesirable hydrogen peroxide intermediate. The enhancement effect originating from the addition of traces of iridium (supported onto carbon nanotubes) to platinum, utilized at low loading, may originate from high ability of iridium to induce decomposition of the undesirable hydrogen peroxide intermediate.
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