کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
192466 459742 2009 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Controlled synthesis of Pt-decorated Au nanostructure and its promoted activity toward formic acid electro-oxidation
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی مهندسی شیمی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Controlled synthesis of Pt-decorated Au nanostructure and its promoted activity toward formic acid electro-oxidation
چکیده انگلیسی

Highly active Pt-decorated Au nanoparticles on carbon support with Pt:Au mole ratio ranging from 1:10 to 1:2 was successfully synthesized based on successive reduction strategy. The successful formation of this structure was suggested by transmission electron microscopy, UV–vis and voltammetry analyses. The electrocatalytic activity of this decorated structure toward formic acid oxidation surprisingly increases despite the low amount of Pt being used. At 0.1 V, the specific activity of PtAu/C with Pt/Au mole ratio 1:8 was more than one order of magnitude higher than the conventional Pt/C. The enhancement was attributed to the less Pt ensemble sites that the decorated structure possesses (ensemble effect) and the increase in the Pt atom reactivity on Au nanocrystal. The formic acid oxidation mechanism on this decorated structure was also elucidated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technique. It is proposed that besides the dehydrogenation reaction pathway happening on clean Pt sites, the reactive intermediate i.e. formate species could also be oxidized by the adsorbed water species on Pt at higher potential.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 54, Issue 21, 30 August 2009, Pages 4916–4924
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