铂金
材料科学
拉曼光谱
X射线光电子能谱
催化作用
循环伏安法
石墨烯
甲醇
旋转圆盘电极
氧化物
电化学
无机化学
电极
核化学
化学工程
化学
纳米技术
有机化学
冶金
物理化学
工程类
物理
光学
作者
Adriana Vulcu,Teodora Radu,Alin Sebastian Porav,Camelia Berghian‐Grosan
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.mtener.2020.100588
摘要
A novel two-step, low-temperature method was employed for the synthesis of a catalyst with small platinum content (2 wt%) based on sulfur doped reduced graphene oxide (S-RGO-Pt). Morphology and chemical composition of the hybrid material were investigated by several methods: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission and scanning electrode microscopy (TEM, SEM), elemental analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Raman spectroscopy. The electrocatalytic performance of the prepared hybrid material was investigated in 1M CH3OH/1M NaOH using a modified glassy carbon electrode (GC_S-RGO-Pt). The results showed excellent electrocatalytic activity and stability toward methanol oxidation in alkaline media (50.4% activity retained after 500 cycles and 8.4% after 1000 cycles) compared to commercial platinum 10 wt% on carbon (Pt/C) material (8.09% activity retained after 500 cycles). The catalyst tolerance to CO poisoning intermediates was evaluated using CO stripping voltammetry and the ratio of forward and backward peak current density (If/Ib). The If/Ib ratio calculated for S-RGO-Pt is 15, while for Pt/C is 9.6, which clearly demonstrates that the prepared hybrid material is significantly more efficient than commercial Pt/C, even if the platinum content is only 2 wt%. The rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique was employed to study the kinetic aspects of methanol oxidation reaction in alkaline media. To follow the transformations occurred at the electrodes' surfaces after the electrochemical treatment, the Raman spectroscopy and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms were used; the results also indicated a greater stability of the S-RGO-Pt composite for Methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in alkaline media.
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