کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
196907 459862 2006 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Novel Pt–Ru nanoparticles formed by vapour deposition as efficient electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation: Part II. Electrocatalytic activity
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی مهندسی شیمی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Novel Pt–Ru nanoparticles formed by vapour deposition as efficient electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation: Part II. Electrocatalytic activity
چکیده انگلیسی

The methods developed and described in paper—part I are employed to prepare nanometer size Pt–Ru particles on a Vulcan® XC72R substrate with controlled metal loading. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) confirmed uniform particles size (average diameter 2 nm) and homogeneous dispersion of the particles over the substrate. Energy Dispersive X-ray absorption (EDX) analysis confirmed the compositional homogeneity. The catalytic activity of these supported nanoparticles with regard to methanol electrooxidation is investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA) and CO-stripping voltammetry techniques at temperatures between 25 and 60 °C. Such investigation concerns supported catalysts prepared with ca. 10 and 18 wt.% overall metal loading (Pt + Ru) onto the Vulcan® XC72R substrate. Comparative testing of our catalysts and a commercial Pt–Ru/Vulcan reveals markedly superior activity for our catalysts. In fact, we observe for the latter a five-fold increase of the oxidation current as compared to a commercial Pt–Ru/Vulcan with equal metal loading. One of the reasons for the greater activity is found to be the very high dispersion of the metals over the substrate, i.e. the large surface area of the active phase. Other reasons are plausibly ascribable to the varied Pt/Ru composition and/or reduced presence of contaminants at the catalyst surface.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Electrochimica Acta - Volume 51, Issue 7, 5 January 2006, Pages 1235–1243
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