Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 301, Issue -, Pages 160-169Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.09.114
Keywords
Fuel cell; Nanoparticles; Formic acid oxidation; Ethanol oxidation
Funding
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)
- Sheikh Saqr Laboratory
- Department of Science and Technology, India (DST)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- DST for Ramanujan Fellowship [SR/S2/RJN-24/2010]
- JNCASR
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Ordered intermetallic nanocrystals with high surface area are highly promising as efficient catalysts for fuel cell applications because of their unique electrocatalytic properties. The present work discusses about the controlled synthesis of ordered intermetallic Pd3Pb nanocrystals in different morphologies at relatively low temperature for the first time by polyol and hydrothermal methods both in presence and absence of surfactant. Here for the first time we report surfactant free synthesis of ordered flower-like intermetallic Pd3Pb nanocrystals in 10 s. The structural characteristics of the nanocrystals are confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. The as synthesized ordered Pd3Pb nanocrystals exhibit far superior electrocatalytic activity and durability towards formic acid and ethanol oxidation over commercially available Pd black (Pd/C). The morphological variation of nanocrystals plays a crucial role in the electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid and ethanol. Among the catalysts, the flower-like Pd3Pb shows enhanced activity and stability in electrocatalytic formic acid and ethanol oxidation. The current density and mass activity of flower-like Pd3Pb catalyst are higher by 2.5 and 2.4 times than that of Pd/C for the formic acid oxidation and 1.5 times each for ethanol oxidation. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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