期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 245, 期 -, 页码 663-670出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.07.015
关键词
Fuel cell; Electrocatalysis; Platinum; Nanocrystals; Methanol oxidation
资金
- NSFC [20873070, 20973095]
- Tianjin Natural Science Research Fund [13JCYBJC18300]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2009CB623502]
- RFDP [20120031110005]
- NCET of Ministry of Education [NCET-07-0448]
PtCux (x = 1, 2 and 3) bimetallic nanocrystals with concave surface and dendritic morphology were prepared and used as electrocatalysts in methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. The bimetallic nanocrystals were synthesized via one-pot co-reduction of H2PtCl6 and Cu(acac)(2) by oleylamine and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) in an autoclave at 180 degrees C. The concave dendritic bimetallic nanostructure consisted of a core rich in Cu and nanodendrites rich in Pt, which was formed via galvanic replacement of Cu by Pt. It was found that PVP played an important role in initiating, facilitating, and directing the replacement reaction. The electrochemical properties of the PtCux were characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA). The concave dendritic PtCu2/C nanocrystals exhibited exceptionally high activity and strong poisoning resistance in MOR. At 0.75 V (vs. reversible hydrogen electrode, RHE) the mass activity and specific activity of PtCu2/C were 3.3 and 4.1 times higher than those of the commercial Pt/C catalysts, respectively. The enhanced catalytic activity could be attributed to the unique concave dendritic morphology of the bimetallic nanocrystals. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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