A facile synthesis of high activity cube-like Pt/carbon composites for fuel cell application

作     者：Reza B. MOGHADDAM Samaneh SHAHGALDI Xianguo LI 

作者机构：Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada 

出 版 物：《Frontiers in Energy》 (能源前沿（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第11卷第3期

页      面：245-253页

核心收录：

学科分类：081705[工学-工业催化] 08[工学] 0817[工学-化学工程与技术] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：supported by Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF Round 3) the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) via a Discovery Grant 

主　　题：synthesis cube-like Pt Pt/C composite,catalyst impedance 

摘      要：High activity catalyst with simple low-cost synthesis is essential for fuel cell commercialization. In this study, a facile procedure for the synthesis of cube-like Pt nanoparticle （PtCube） composites with high surface area carbon supports is developed by mixing precursor of Pt with carbon supports in organic batches, hence, one pot synthesis. The PtCube grow with Vulcan XC-72 or Ketjen black, respectively, and then treated for 5.5 h at 185℃ （i.e., Ptcube5.5/V and PtcubeS.5/K）. The resulting particle sizes and shapes are similar; however, Ptcube5.5/K has a larger electrochemical active surface area （EASA） and a remarkably better formic acid （FA） oxidation performance. Optimization of the PtCube/K composites leads to Ptcubelo/K that has been treated for 10 h at 185℃. With a larger EASA, Ptcubelo/K is also more active in FA oxidation than the other Ptcube/K composites. Impedance spectroscopy analysis of the temperature treated and asprepared （i.e., untreated） Ptcube/K composites indicates that PtCube10/K is less resistive, and has the highest limiting capacitance among the PtCube/K electrodes. Consistently, the voltammetric EASA is the largest for Ptcube 10/K. Furthermore, PtCube10/K is compared with two commercial Pt/C catalysts, Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo （TKK）, and Johnson Matthey （JM）Pt/C catalysts. The TKK Pt/C has a higher EASA than Ptcube10/K, as expected from their relative particles sizes （3-4 nm vs. 6-7 nm for PtcubelO/K）, however, Ptcube10/K has a significantly better FA oxidation activity.