铂-氢钨青铜电极的制备及对氢氧化的电催化

采用电化学还原法在表面改性的碳布上,通过改变催化剂沉积顺序及氢钨青铜沉积时间制备铂-氢钨青铜复合催化剂,所得电极作为质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)阳极。利用X射线衍射(XRD)、热重分析(TG)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、循环伏安(CV)及单电池极化性能测试研究了催化剂的组成、沉积量、分散性及其对氢氧化的电催化活性。实验结果表明,氢钨青铜沉积时间及催化剂沉积顺序对电极催化性能有显著影响,当氢钨青铜沉积时间为10 min,先沉积氢钨青铜、后沉积铂所得Pt/HxWO3电极对氢氧化具有最佳的催化活性。适量的氢钨青铜才能与铂形成较好的协同催化效应。     

电化学还原制备铂-氢钨青铜阳极

用电化学还原法在炭布上电沉积铂-氢钨青铜复合催化剂作为质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)阳极。 利用X射线衍射、扫描电子显微镜、单电池极化性能测试以及电化学阻抗谱(EIS)法研究了催化剂的组成、分散性及其对氢氧化的电催化性能。 实验结果表明,阴极还原顺序对催化剂的形貌及分散有较大的影响。 采用分步还原法制备的HxWO3/Pt电极(先沉积铂,后沉积氢钨青铜)对氢氧化具有较高的催化活性,氢钨青铜与铂形成协同催化效应,提高了铂对氢氧化的催化活性。 而共沉积制备的Pt-HxWO3催化剂的电催化活性较差,这是因为共沉积过程中,由于受到2种电解液共存的影响,电极催化层中没有或较少得到氢钨青铜,且铂催化剂出现明显的团聚现象。     

铂/聚邻甲基苯胺/碳材料掺杂碳糊电极对甲醇的催化氧化

以石墨和液体石蜡油为主要原料,分别制备了掺杂不同量多壁碳纳米管(MWCNT)、石墨烯(GRA)、电容活性炭(YEC)和电池活性炭(YBC)的多种碳糊底电极Y-CPE(Y代表各种掺杂碳材料,CPE代表纯碳糊电极).采用恒电位法在-0.10 V(vs.Ag/Ag Cl)电位下将铂电沉积到这些电极上.结果表明,当电池碳的含量为14%时,Pt/YBC-CPE(14%)复合电极对甲醇具有最好的电催化氧化活性.采用恒电位方法在0.85 V(vs.Ag/Ag Cl)电位下将聚邻甲基苯胺(POT)电聚合沉积到纯碳糊电极CPE和含有电池碳的YBC-CPE(14%)电极上,得到复合电极POT/CPE和POT/YBC-CPE(14%),再通过恒电位方法将铂电沉积到这2个复合电极上.扫描电镜(SEM)观察结果表明,在Pt/CPE,Pt/YBC-CPE(14%),Pt/POT(6.5 mC)/CPE和Pt/POT(6.5 mC)/YBC-CPE(14%)4个复合电极中,在Pt/POT/YBC-CPE(14%)复合电极上的铂粒子的尺寸最小,并且Pt/POT(6.5 mC)/YBC-CPE(14%)复合电极电催化氧化甲醇活性最高.在POT(6.5 mC)/CPE和POT(6.5 mC)/YBC-CPE(14%)上Pt纳米颗粒的电沉积过程是一个近似的3D成核过程.研究还发现,复合电极Pt/POT/CPE和Pt/POT/YBC-CPE电催化氧化甲醇的活性随POT膜厚度的增加先增大后减少,存在一个最佳的膜厚度.     

氢钼青铜对铂催化氧还原反应的促进作用

采用循环伏安法在玻碳电极上和硫酸溶液中电沉积制备出铂催化剂(Pt)及铂-氢钼青铜复合催化剂(Pt-HxMoO3), 用旋转圆盘电极研究并比较了它们对硫酸溶液中氧还原反应的催化活性. 研究结果表明, HxMoO3能明显地提高Pt对氧还原反应的电催化活性. 通过对静态电极上氧还原的峰电流与扫描速度的关系以及旋转圆盘电极上氧还原电流与旋转速度的关系的分析发现, HxMoO3提高了铂电极氧还原反应电荷传递步骤的传递系数, 因此加快了氧还原的动力学过程.     

电化学方法制备高分散Pt/CMK-3及其对甲醇电化学催化性能

采用直接电化学还原法在介孔碳(CMK-3)载体上直接电沉积高分散的铂纳米颗粒,制备CMK-3复合铂纳米颗粒电极(Pt/CMK-3)。 通过透射电子显微镜分析发现,铂纳米颗粒非常均匀的分布在CMK-3上,平均粒径约5 nm。 通过循环伏安测试,分析了催化剂不同负载铂含量时氯铂酸的利用率,在理论铂质量分数为20%时,这种方法制备的Pt/CMK-3所使用的氯铂酸的利用率最高,在1 mol/L CH3OH+0.5 mol/L H2SO4溶液中循环伏安测试电流密度达到382 A/g。 在相同实验条件下,Pt/CMK-3电极对甲醇电催化活性远高于Pt/XC-72(炭黑)电极和用常规电沉积方法制备的Pt/CMK-3电极。     

Pt微粒修饰纳米纤维聚苯胺电极对甲醇氧化电催化

以脉冲电流法制备的纳米纤维状聚苯胺(PANI)为Pt催化剂载体，用它制备了甲醇阳极氧化的催化电极Pt/（nano-fibular PANI）.研究结果表明, Pt/（nano-fibular PANI）电极对甲醇氧化具有很好的电催化活性,并有协同催化作用.在相同的Pt载量条件下， Pt/（nano-fibular PANI）电极比Pt微粒修饰的颗粒状聚苯胺电极Pt/(granular PANI)具有更好的电催化活性.此外， Pt的电沉积修饰方法同样影响Pt/（nano-fibular PANI）电极对甲醇氧化的催化活性.脉冲电流法沉积Pt形成的复合电极较循环伏安法电沉积得到的Pt复合电极具有更优异的催化活性.     

不同介质对Pt/GC电极制备及其性能的影响

应用循环伏安法(CV),扫描电子显微镜(SEM)和电化学原位红外反射光谱(in situFTIRS)研究了不同介质对碳载铂纳米薄膜电极(Pt/GC)的表面结构以及该薄膜电极对甲酸电催化氧化性能的影响.结果表明,使用不同介质的镀铂溶液,均可电沉积出分布较为均匀的Pt粒子,但其尺寸与形貌却相差很大.当以H2SO4作介质,由循环伏安法于玻碳电极上电沉积Pt得到的(Pt/GC1)电极,其Pt粒子粒径约100~200 nm;而在HClO4介质得到的(Pt/GC2)电极,则含有两种Pt微晶:其一是立方体形,粒径约200 nm,其二为菜花状,粒径约400 nm.电化学循环伏安和原位红外反射光谱测试指明,不同介质制备的Pt/GC电极对甲酸的电催化氧化均表现出与本体铂电极(Pt)相类似的特性,即可通过活性中间体或毒性中间体将甲酸氧化至CO2,但不同结构的Pt/GC电极具有不同的电催化活性.进一步以Sb或Pb修饰Pt/GC电极,不仅可以有效地抑制毒性中间体CO的生成,而且还能显著提高其电催化活性.比较本文研究的7种电极,其电催化活性顺序依次为:Sb-Pt/GC2>Pb-Pt/GC2>Pb-Pt/GC1>Sb-Pt/GC1>Pt/GC2>Pt/GC1>Pt.     

低碳钢基体中离子注入镍和钼的电催化活性

离子注入不受相律和化学平衡的限制,也不受离子源和基体种类的约束,注入离子的能量和剂量精确可控,因而它是实现材料表面改性最有效的方法之一.自Grenness等发现注铂的钨电极,对H~+还原的电催化性能与纯铂接近之后,Wolf等将注入的Pt/RuO_2、Pt/C、Pt/WC电极用于H~+、O_2的电化学还原及甲酸的电化学氧化,其催化活性和稳定性均优于光滑的纯铂电极、Thompson等在钛基上注铂,用于催化析氢也得到类似的效果。近期文献报导,用热处理或电沉积方法制备的Ni-Mo、Ni-Mo-V 合金电极有很低的析氢超     

自组装纳米金膜上铂微/纳结构电催化剂的制备及性能

基于纳米金(AuNP)表面基团的静电自组装作用制备了多层有序的纳米金超薄膜. 研究了自组装纳米金超薄膜上铂微/纳结构催化剂(Pt/AuNP)的制备过程. 考察了沉积电位和沉积时间对甲酸电氧化活性的影响, 确定了最佳沉积电位为0 V, 最佳沉积时间为600 s. 同时对比考察了Pt/AuNP/PE/GCE, AuNP/PE/GCE和纯Pt电极在0.1 mol/L H2SO4介质中对甲酸电氧化活性以及载体对沉积物形态和甲酸氧化活性的影响. 研究结果表明, 纳米金组装体对铂的电沉积有明显的促进作用; Pt/AuNP/PE/GCE对甲酸的电氧化有很好的电催化性能.     

钛基体中离子注入镍和钼的电催化活性

Grenness等发现,铂离子注入钨基体中,对H~+还原产生的电催化性能与纯铂相近,此后,Wolf等用离子注入和离子束混合技术制作了多种电极,其中Pt/RuO_2、Pt/C、Pt/WC电极用于H~+和O_2的电还原以及甲醇和甲酸的电氧化,其催化活性和稳定性均优于光滑的纯铂电极,目前,在其它方法制作的析氢电极材料中,最可能用于工业电解槽的为NiMo合金电极和复合Raney镍合金电极,本工作将镍和钼离子注入到钛基体中,研究了此电极在30 wt％KOH溶液中析氢电催化行为,并通过电子探针显微分析(EPMA)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)分析,检测了离子注入电极的表面成分、注入元素的浓度分布及价态。     

Electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen at platinum particles deposited on Nafion- and clay-coated electrodes

Nafion- and clay-coated electrodes are prepared by casting a known amount of Nafion and clay solutions on the glassy carbon electrode (GC) surface. Subsequently platinum (Pt) particles are deposited on the GC electrodes and on the Nafion- and clay-coated GC electrodes. The formation of Pt particles on the modified electrode surface is analysed by scanning electron microscope, while cyclic voltammetry provides information on the anodisation of Pt particles deposited on the GC electrodes at >0.5 V(SCE) leading to the formation of platinum oxide (PtO). The involvement of PtO on the catalysed dioxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide is reported. Macrocyclic cobalt(III) complex is also used as the electrocatalyst. The effect of pH on the reduction of PtO and dioxygen in deaerated and oxygenated solutions is studied to understand the dioxygen reduction processes. Received: 24 January 1997 / Accepted: 14 April 1997     

In situ grown nanoscale platinum on carbon powder as catalyst layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

An extensive study has been conducted on the proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) with reducing Pt loading. This is commonly achieved by developing methods to increase the utilization of the platinum in the catalyst layer of the electrodes. In this paper, a novel process of the catalyst layers was introduced and investigated. A mixture of carbon powder and Nafion solution was sprayed on the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) to form a thin carbon layer. Then Pt particles were deposited on the surface by reducing hexachloroplatinic (IV) acid hexahydrate with methanoic acid. SEM images showed a continuous Pt gradient profile among the thickness direction of the catalytic layer by the novel method. The Pt nanowires grown are in the size of 3 nm (diameter)×10 nm (length) by high solution TEM image. The novel catalyst layer was characterized by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) as compared with commercial Pt/C black and Pt catalyst layer obtained from sputtering. The results showed that the platinum nanoparticles deposited on the carbon powder were highly utilized as they directly faced the gas diffusion layer and offered easy access to reactants (oxygen or hydrogen).     

抗CO中毒的Pt-HxWO3电沉积制备及其对甲醇氧化的催化作用

用循环伏安法在玻碳电极上制备出铂-氢钨青铜(Pt-HxWO3)催化剂, 用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、Raman光谱和循环伏安法研究了催化剂的组成、结构及其对甲醇氧化的催化作用. 结果表明, Pt-HxWO3的活性与制备溶液中铂与钨原子比及酸度有关, 与相同条件下制备的纯铂(Pt)催化剂相比, Pt-HxWO3对甲醇的氧化有更强的催化活性. 当制备溶液中铂和钨的原子比为1:8时, 得到的催化剂Pt-HxWO3中铂与钨原子比为4:1, 其催化活性最佳, 甲醇氧化电流是Pt作为催化剂时的1.7倍. Pt-HxWO3的强催化活性归因于其抗CO中毒能力, CO在Pt-HxWO3上氧化起始电位提前了50 mV.     

Single-wall carbon nanotube-based proton exchange membrane assembly for hydrogen fuel cells

A membrane electrode assembly (MEA) for hydrogen fuel cells has been fabricated using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) support and platinum catalyst. Films of SWCNTs and commercial platinum (Pt) black were sequentially cast on a carbon fiber electrode (CFE) using a simple electrophoretic deposition procedure. Scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy showed that the nanotubes and the platinum retained their nanostructure morphology on the carbon fiber surface. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) revealed that the carbon nanotube-based electrodes exhibited an order of magnitude lower charge-transfer reaction resistance (R(ct)) for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) than did the commercial carbon black (CB)-based electrodes. The proton exchange membrane (PEM) assembly fabricated using the CFE/SWCNT/Pt electrodes was evaluated using a fuel cell testing unit operating with H(2) and O(2) as input fuels at 25 and 60 degrees C. The maximum power density obtained using CFE/SWCNT/Pt electrodes as both the anode and the cathode was approximately 20% better than that using the CFE/CB/Pt electrodes.     

Oxidation of formic acid on platinum electrodeposited on polished and oxidized glassy carbon

Formic acid oxidation at platinum electrochemically deposited on polished (GC/Pt) and oxidized glassy carbon (GC_ox/Pt) was examined with the objective of studying the effect of electrochemical treatment of the support on deposition of platinum and on the activity of Pt catalyst. The electrodes were characterised by STM and XPS techniques. The oxidative treatment of the support leads to deposition of smaller Pt particles in comparison with the one on the polished substrate. The XPS spectra indicated the increased fraction of functional (acidic) groups on the treated support as well as the higher fraction of oxygen containing species on Pt catalyst deposited on oxidised referring to Pt deposited on polished substrate.The activity of GC_ox/Pt electrode is increased by the factor of 2–4 for formic acid oxidation compared to the activity of GC/Pt electrode. This result is explained by the oxidative removal of CO_ad species leading to enhanced amount of Pt free sites available for direct formic acid oxidation to CO₂.     

Model electrodes with defined mesoscopic structure

Model electrodes with defined mesoscopic structure were either generated by adsorption of surfactant stabilized metal clusters from colloidal solution on a support of gold or by electrochemical deposition of platinum on gold substrates. Both types of model electrodes were characterized by STM (scanning tunnelling microscopy), cyclic voltammetry and electrooxidation of adsorbed CO. The supported colloidal Pt as well as the electrochemically deposited Pt revealed different reactivities regarding the CO monolayer electrooxidation as compared to a polycrystalline Pt bulk electrode. In addition, in-situ FTIR (Fourier transformed infrared) spectroscopy was applied to characterize CO adsorbed on electrochemically deposited Pt on gold. Combined with the structural information from STM it seems likely that the differences regarding the catalytic properties of the model electrodes are due to different coverages of the substrate with catalyst particles. Received: 24 June 1996 / Revised: 29 November 1996 / Accepted: 4 December 1996     

Voltammetry of basal plane platinum electrodes in acetonitrile electrolytes: effect of the presence of water

The first part of this report studies the electrochemical properties of single-crystal platinum electrodes in acetonitrile electrolytes by means of cyclic voltammetry. Potential difference infrared spectroscopy in conjunction with linear voltammetry was used to obtain a molecular-level picture of this interface. The second part of this report studies the hydrogen evolution and the hydrogen oxidation reactions on the three low-index faces of Pt electrodes in acetonitrile electrolytes. The data (CVs and IR spectra) strongly suggest that acetonitrile and CN(-) molecules are adsorbed on single-crystal platinum electrodes in the range of -1.5 to 0.3 V versus Ag/AgCl. Those species block part of the adsorption sites for hydrogen adatoms, and they decompose on the surface in the presence of water. The nature of the cation and the presence of water strongly affect the onset of acetonitrile electrolysis and the kinetics and stability of the adsorbed species on the electrode. Finally, the hydrogen evolution and the hydrogen oxidation reactions on platinum single-crystal surfaces in acetonitrile electrolytes are strongly affected by the surface-energy state of Pt electrodes.