Pt/VACNF active layers of different Pt site densities were prepared.
Their activity towards borohydride oxidation reaction was characterized.
The low-potential activity depends on the Pt site density, due to BHx,ad poisoning.
OHad in PtOx region remove the poisoning (Langmuir-Hinshelwood stripping of BHx,ad).
The whole reaction mechanism was modelled using a mean-field microkinetics model.