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High catalytic performance of Pt nanoparticles on plasma treated carbon nanotubes for electrooxidation of ethanol in a basic solution

Journal

APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 257, Issue 7, Pages 2923-2928

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.10.091

Keywords

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Plasma surface modification; Electrocatalysts; Direct ethanol fuel cells; Pt utilization efficiency

Funding

  1. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences [095GZ1156Y]
  2. Chinese National Natural Science Foundation [10975162]

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Nanosized Pt particles deposited on plasma treated multi-walled carbon nanotubes have been used in electrocatalytic oxidation of ethanol in a basic solution. These Pt nanoparticles have very narrow size distribution and exhibit significant higher catalytic activities, higher Pt utilization efficiency (93.77%) and improved durability in comparison to the commercial available Johnson Matthey Pt/C catalyst. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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