Journal
JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Volume 17, Issue 9, Pages 2511-2519Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-013-2130-3
Keywords
Graphene; Formic acid oxidation; Electrodeposition; Bimetallic catalyst; Electrocatalysis
Categories
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51073114, 20933007]
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices [XJYS0901-2010-01]
- Soochow University
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD)
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A simple electrochemical approach is developed to prepare reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-wrapped carbon fiber (CF) as a novel support for Pt-Au nanocatalysts. The obtained composite electrodes have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and electrochemical methods. SEM images reveal that the Pt-Au nanoparticles deposited on RGO-wrapped CF (RGO/CF) electrode display smaller particle size and more uniform dispersion than those on the bare CF electrode. Cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, Tafel plots, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analyses demonstrate that the introduced RGO on CF electrode surface is beneficial to the dispersion of Pt-Au nanoparticles, as a consequence, to the enhancement of the electrocatalytic activity and the antipoisoning ability of Pt-Au towards formic acid electrooxidation.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available