Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 799, Issue -, Pages 78-83Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.05.040
Keywords
Formic acid; Electro-oxidation; Platinum-copper; Isolated atom; Dehydrogenation pathway
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Funding
- Key Research and Development Projects in Sichuan Province [2017GZ0397]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21306119]
- Science and Technology Project of Chengdu [2015-HM01-00531-SF]
- Outstanding Young Scientist Foundation of Sichuan University [2013SCU04A23]
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In order to obtain the catalyst with Pt isolated-atom surface and high performance towards formic acid electrooxidation (FAEO), cyclic potential dealloying method was employed for preparing dealloyed PtCu/C (D-PtCu/C) catalysts, and the effect of dealloying parameters on the activity of D-PtCu/C catalysts also were investigated. XRD results show that both of PtCu and D-PtCu catalysts are face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. TEM, XPS and ICP results demonstrate the dissolution of Cu atoms and the formation of core-shell structure. And HRTEM results further exhibit the etched surface of D-PtCu/C catalyst which should be made up of isolated atom and atomic clusters of Pt. By electro-chemical analysis, the performance towards FAEO is extremely enhanced. The onset potential of FAEO on D-PtCu/C is at - 0.1 V (vs. SCE) and only one peak is confirmed at 0.5 V which negatively shifts about 0.19 V compared with the peak of commercial Pt/C (at 0.69 V). The mass activity of optimized D-PtCu/C reaches up to 1253.89 mA mg(-1) Pt at 0.5 V, which is 6.20 times as high as that of Pt/C (202.40 mA mg(-1) Pt). And the specific activity (2.36 mA cm(-2)) is 8.43 times of Pt/C (0.28 mA cm(-2)). The increased activity should be ascribed to the electronic effect and ensemble effect, which reduce the chemisorption of CO and promote the dehydrogenation process.
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