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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 371-376Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10008-008-0558-7
Keywords
Ultrasonic; Polyol synthesis; Multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Electrocatalysts
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NNSFC60471014]
- Foundation of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics [S0427-062]
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A novel chemical method based on ultrasonic assisted polyol synthesis for the fabrication of highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) was developed. The simple and green method took only about 10 min at ambient temperature. The structure and chemical nature of the resulting Pt/MWCNT composites were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS). The results showed that the prepared Pt nanoparticles were uniformly dispersed on the MWCNT surface. The mean size of Pt nanoparticles was about 2.8 nm. Electrochemical properties of Pt/MWCNT electrode for methanol oxidation were examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and excellent electrocatalytic activities could be observed. The possible formation mechanism of Pt/MWCNTs was also discussed.
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