Fabrication of Highly Stable and Efficient PtCu Alloy Nanoparticles on Highly Porous Carbon for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
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- 作者：Inayat Ali Khan ; Yuhong Qian ; Amin Badshah ; Dan Zhao ; Muhammad Arif Nadeem
- 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：August 17, 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：8
- 期：32
- 页码：20793-20801
- 全文大小：615K
- 年卷期：0
- ISSN：1944-8252
文摘
Boosting the durability of Pt nanoparticles by controlling the composition and morphology is extremely important for fuel cells commercialization. We deposit the Pt–Cu alloy nanoparticles over high surface area carbon in different metallic molar ratios and optimize the conditions to achieve desired material. The novel bimetallic electro-catalyst {Pt–Cu/PC-950 (15:15%)} offers exceptional electrocatalytic activity when tested for both oxygen reduction reaction and methanol oxidation reactions. A high mass activity of 0.043 mA/μgPt (based on Pt mass) is recorded for ORR. An outstanding longevity of this electro-catalyst is noticed when compared to 20 wt % Pt loaded either on PC-950 or commercial carbon. The high surface area carbon support offers enhanced activity and prevents the nanoparticles from agglomeration, migration, and dissolution as evident by TEM analysis.