Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol and Related Chemical Species on Ultrafine Pt and PtRu Particles Supported on Carbon

Well-homogenized PtRu/C electrocatalysts possessing high specific activity for methanol electro-oxidation were prepared by a co-impregnation method from carbon black and ethanolic solutions of Pt(NH₃)₂(NO₂)₂ and RuNO(NO₃) _x . The specific activity for methanol electro-oxidation increased with an increase in the PtRu particle size. A similar size effect was observed for Pt/C electrocatalysts. The size effect was discussed by considering a model catalyst method.     

Irrelevance of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the Methanol Oxidation Reaction on a PtRu Electrocatalyst

Based on detailed in situ attenuated total‐reflection–surface‐enhanced IR reflection absorption spectroscopy (ATR‐SEIRAS) studies of the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) on Ru/Pt thin film and commercial Johnson–Matthey PtRu/C, a revised MOR enhancement mechanism is proposed in which CO on Pt sites is irrelevant but instead Pt‐Ru boundary sites catalyze the oxygen insertion reaction that leads to the formation of formate and enhances the direct reaction pathway.     

Ni-B非晶态合金纳米粉末微电极上甲醇的电催化氧化

应用循环伏安法研究了碱性介质中Ni-B非晶态合金纳米粉末微电极上甲醇的电催化氧化.结果表明,Ni-B非晶态合金纳米粉末微电极表现出很高的甲醇氧化电催化活性,较之高择优取向(220)的镍电极,其氧化起始电位负移了0.04V;氧化电流密度约大2个数量级,根据稳态极化曲线测定,与高择优取向(220)镍电极相比较,在Ni-B非晶态合金纳米粉末微电极上,Ni(Ⅲ)与甲醇反应和Ni(Ⅱ)氧化为Ni(Ⅲ)及其逆反应的速率常数依次约大2个、3个和3个数量级.     

Preparation of Surfactant-Free Pt and PtRu Nanoparticles with High Activity for Methanol Oxidation

A simple and green approach to synthesize highly active electro-catalysts for methanol oxi- dation reaction （MOR） without using any organic agents is described. Pt nanoparticles are directly deposited on the pre-cleaned and pre-oxidized multiwall carbon nanotubes （MWC- NTs） from Pt salt by using CO as the reductant. MOR activity has been characterized by both cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry, the current density and mass specific current at the peak potential （ca. 0.9 V vs. RHE） reaches 11.6 mA/cm^2 and 860 mA/mgpt, respectively. After electro-deposition of Ru onto the Pt/MWCNTs surface, the catalysts show steady state mass specific current of 20 and 80 mA/mgpt at 0.5 and 0.6 V, respectively.     

碱处理对PtRu/WC电极材料结构及甲醇电催化氧化性能的影响

本文采用不同pH值的KOH溶液对WC材料进行了不同时间的碱处理,并以该WC为载体通过微波加热还原法制备PtRu/WC 复合材料. 采用XRD对材料进行结构表征,通过循环伏安法和计时电流法测试电极对甲醇的电催化氧化性能. 结果表明,经不同碱性条件处理的WC材料表面更易于铂钌的负载,其中经强碱（pH = 14）的KOH溶液处理后可在WC表面得到结晶度最好的铂钌合金,且所得电催化剂PtRu/WC电极的性能最佳,而经碱处理5 h的WC负载的PtRu/WC电极对甲醇氧化的效果最优.     

Pt／C－SPE和PtRu／C－SPE膜电极上甲醇的催化氧化

采用化学还原法制得直接甲醇燃料电池中甲醇阳极氧化的Ｐｔ／Ｃ和ＰｔＲｕ／Ｃ催化剂．结果表明后者比前者具有更高的催化活性．通过ＸＲＤ和ＸＰＳ的分析,阐明了Ｒｕ对提高甲醇电催化氧化活性的作用．     

Enhanced Oxygen Reduction and Methanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis over Bifunctional PtPdIr Mesoporous Hollow Nanospheres

Designing and constructing nano‐architectures with abundant reactive atoms exposed on the surface and widely open pore interiors is an effective strategy for highly efficient utilization of Pt‐based catalysts. Herein, we report a facile method to synthesize tri‐metallic PtPdIr mesoporous hollow nanospheres (PtPdIr MHNSs) by selective chemical removal of sacrificial metallic cores from pre‐constructed Pd@PtIr mesoporous nanospheres (Pd@PtIr MNSs). The unique nano‐architectures, with mesoporous shells interconnected into the interior hollow cavities and the synergistic electronic effect from tri‐metallic PtPdIr composition, enable the as‐synthesized PtPdIr MHNSs to be efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for catalyzing both methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR).     

PtRu/C电催化剂上甲醇吸附氧化过程的电化学原位红外光谱

采用调变的多元醇法制备了高分散的Pt/C, PtRu/C和Ru/C电催化剂. XRD计算结果表明, PtRu/C电催化剂的平均粒径和合金度分别为2.2 nm和71%. 采用电化学方法和原位傅里叶变换红外反射光谱方法(in situ FTIRS)研究了甲醇在3种电催化剂上的吸附氧化过程, 发现PtRu/C对甲醇的催化活性明显高于Pt/C, Ru的加入一方面影响了甲醇在Pt上的解离吸附性能, 另一方面提供了Ru-OH物种, 从而抑制了低电位下电催化剂中毒. 红外光谱研究结果表明, 线性吸附态CO(COL)是主要毒化物种, 反应产物主要是CO2, 还有少量的甲酸甲酯. 根据实验结果讨论了甲醇在PtRu/C电催化剂上的氧化机理.     

Controllable Galvanic Synthesis of Triangular Ag–Pd Alloy Nanoframes for Efficient Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation

Triangular Ag–Pd alloy nanoframes were successfully synthesized through galvanic replacement by using Ag nanoprisms as sacrificial templates. The ridge thickness of the Ag‐Pd alloy nanoframes could be readily tuned by adjusting the amount of the Pd source during the reaction. These obtained triangular Ag–Pd alloy nanoframes exhibit superior electrocatalytic activity for the methanol oxidation reaction as compared with the commercial Pd/C catalyst due to the alloyed Ag–Pd composition as well as the hollow‐framed structures. This work would be highly impactful in the rational design of future bimetallic alloy nanostructures with high catalytic activity for fuel cell systems.     

Bifunctional versus Defect-Mediated Effects in Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation

The most prominent and intensively studied anode catalyst material for direct methanol oxidation fuel cells consists of a combination of platinum (Pt) and ruthenium (Ru). Classically, their high performance is attributed to a bifunctional reaction mechanism where Ru sites provide oxygen species at lower overpotential than Pt. In turn, they oxidize the adsorbed carbonaceous reaction intermediates at lower overpotential; among these, the Pt site-blocking carbon monoxide. We demonstrate that well-defined Pt modified Ru(0001) single crystal electrodes, with varying Pt contents and different local PtRu configurations at the surface, are unexpectedly inactive for the methanol oxidation reaction. This observation stands in contradiction with theoretical predictions and the concept of bifunctional catalysis for this reaction. Instead, we suggest that pure Pt defect sites play a more critical role than bifunctional defect sites on the electrodes investigated in this work.     

PtRu/氮掺杂碳电催化甲醇氧化及电解水析氢性能

将三聚氰胺、RuCl₃及炭黑以一定的比例分散于乙醇中,采用旋转蒸干及高温热处理合成了一种氮掺杂碳(NC)负载Ru的Ru/NC催化剂。采用硼氢化钠液相化学还原法合成了不同Pt、Ru负载量的PtRu/NC催化剂,并用于电催化甲醇氧化反应(MOR)及电催化分解水析氢反应(HER)。结果表明,合成的催化剂中Pt₁Ru/NC(Pt、Ru的实际负载量分别为1.14%、0.54%)表现出最优的MOR性能,质量活性达4.96 A·mg^-1_PtRu,且经10 000 s稳定性测试后质量活性保持在测试前的91.1%。同时,当电流密度为100mA·cm^-2时,Pt₁Ru/NC在 HER中表现出最低的过电位(103 mV)和最小的 Tafel斜率(15.29 mV·dec^-1)。通过 X射线衍射(XRD)、X射线光电子能谱(XPS)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、扫描透射电子显微镜(STEM)、电感耦合等离子体发射光谱(ICP-OES)、STEM-能谱(STEM-EDS)技术表征了PtRu/NC双金属催化剂,其具有优异催化性能的原因如下：(1) PtRu双金属纳米颗粒高度分散于NC上;(2) Pt以纳米团簇或单原子形式负载于Ru上,后负载于NC,形成了Pt-Ru相分离结构;(3) Pt、Ru与N之间存在协同效应。     

Ru,Sn和Co促进的Pt/C催化剂电催化氧化甲醇的性能

 采用溶胶法制备了用于阴离子膜直接甲醇燃料电池的Pt-M/C(M=Ru, Sn和Co)阳极电催化剂,并用X射线衍射和X射线能谱技术对催化剂进行了表征. 结果表明,制备的Pt-M合金颗粒分布均匀,粒径为2～6 nm, 其组成与前驱体中相应金属的原子比基本吻合. 用循环伏安法测定了催化剂在不同碱性条件下的活性. 结果显示,随着碱性的增加,甲醇的起始氧化电位降低,峰电流和催化剂的活性增大; 相同碱强度下催化剂活性顺序为Pt50Ru50/C>Pt50Sn50/C>Pt75Co25/C, 添加Ru可明显提高Pt/C催化剂的活性. Pt50Ru50/C在1.0 mol/L NaOH+1.0 mol/L CH3OH溶液中的峰电流密度可达634.7 mA/mg.     

Synthesis of Ultrafine Mesoporous Tungsten Carbide by High‐energy Ball Milling and Its Electrocatalytic Activity for Methanol Oxidation

Ultrafine mesoporous tungsten carbide (WC) was prepared from as‐synthesized mesoporous WC using high‐energy ball milling treatment. X‐ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and nitrogen adsorption‐desorption techniques were used to characterize the samples. Brunauer‐Emmett‐Teller (BET) surface areas of WC samples increased with the increasing ball milling time and kept constant at 10–11 m²·g^?1 for over 9 h. The electrocatalytic properties of methanol electro‐oxidation at WC powder microelectrodes were investigated by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and quasi‐steady‐state polarization techniques. The results reveal that ball‐milled WC exhibits higher activity for methanol electro‐oxidation than as‐synthesized mesoporous WC. The suitability of ball‐milled WC for methanol electro‐oxidation is better than platinum (Pt) micro‐disk, although the current peak is not as high as the Pt micro‐disk. Moreover, increasing the methanol concentration and reaction temperature promotes methanol electro‐oxidation on ultrafine mesoporous WC.     

XC-72碳和碳纳米管负载PtRu纳米粒子的微波快速合成及其对甲醇的电化学氧化

利用微波辐射加热技术快速合成了XC-72碳和碳纳米管(CNTs)负载的PtRu合金纳米粒子,合金负载的质量分数为20%,Pt和Ru的原子比接近于1:1.透射电镜观察表明微波合成的PtRu合金纳米粒子具有细小的粒径和狭窄的尺寸分布,所合成的PtRu合金纳米粒子高度分散在XC-72碳和CNTs的表面,其平均粒径分别为3.3 nm和2.8 nm.电化学实验表明微波合成的PtRu/XC-72和PtRu/CNTs纳米催化剂比用湿化学方法以KBH₄还原制备的催化剂对甲醇的电化学氧化具有更高的催化活性.     

Alkali-induced Transformation of Ni-MOF into Ni(OH)2 Nanostructured Flowers for Efficient Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation Reaction

Post treatment of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is widely employed to develop efficient electrocatalysts with better catalytic properties. But the complex processes of post treatment generally led to the collapse of the original structures of MOFs, making the preservation of their pristine hierarchical porous structure a great challenge. Herein, we propose the strategy of alkali treatment of Ni-MOF to transform it into Ni(OH)₂ with similar morphology and enhanced electrocatalytic properties for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). The structure and electrocatalytic properties of as-obtained Ni(OH)₂ nanostructured flowers were seriously depended on the alkali concentrations. As the result, Ni(OH)₂ obtained from Ni-MOF treated by 0.25 M NaOH (noted as Ni(OH)₂-0.25) performs 1.5 and 2.5 times larger current density than those of Ni(OH)₂-0.025 and Ni(OH)₂-0.5 for MOR. Moreover, the electrocatalytic process and mechanism of MOR on the catalyst of Ni(OH)₂-0.25 are also revealed. Hence, this ex situ conversion strategy of alkali treatment for Ni-MOF uncovered the transformation of MOFs in alkaline solution and develops robust electrocatalyst for practical application of methanol fuel cells.     

Promoter Effects of Rare Earth Ions on Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol

The promoter effects of rare earth ions on the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol at the Pt electrode were studied using the cyclinc voltammetry and stable polarization techniques. It was found or the first time that Eu、Ho、Dy ions could accelerate the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol at the Pt electrode,while Lu、Pr、Yb、Sm ions showed inhibitor effects.     

载铂微粒的聚苯胺薄膜电极对甲醇的电催化氧化

用电化学方法制备的载有金属铂微粒的聚苯胺（ＰＡｎ）膜电极对甲醇在硫酸中的电化学氧化具有很高的催化活性。电极材料中的铂微粒是沿着聚苯胺的纤维分布的，而且主要沉积在ＰＡｎ膜的表面。     

电化学合成Pt-Au复合催化剂及其对甲醇的电催化氧化

在ITO导电玻璃上, 采用循环伏安法制备Pt-Au复合催化剂. 通过扫描电镜(SEM), X射线能量色散谱(EDX), X射线衍射(XRD)及其电化学方法对催化剂样品进行了表征. SEM结果表明, Pt-Au复合催化剂的形貌近似球状粒子. 循环伏安法和计时电流法的测试结果表明, 复合催化剂中Au的加入有利于甲醇的电催化氧化, 并提高了Pt对甲醇氧化的抗毒化能力. 同时研究了复合催化剂中Au的不同含量对甲醇氧化的影响, 结果表明, 当 Pt和Au物质的量比为1.07∶1时, Pt-Au/ITO催化剂具有最佳的甲醇电催化氧化活性.     

Bimetallic Cluster Provides a Higher Activity Electrocatalyst for Methanol Oxidation

The cluster complex Pt₂Ru₄(CO)₁₈ was used as a precursor to prepare a 60 wt% 1:2 Pt:Ru nanoparticles on carbon (PtRu/C) for use as an electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation. This bimetallic carbonyl cluster complex was found to provide smaller, more uniform bimetallic nanoparticle that exhibited higher electrocatalytic activity than a 60 wt% 1:1 Pt:Ru commercial catalyst from E-Tek. Using bimetallic cluster precursors simplifies the synthetic procedures by reducing the need for high temperature reduction and assures a more intimate mixing of the two different metals. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images of the catalyst obtained from the cluster precursor showed bimetallic nanoparticles having a narrow size range of 2–3 nm that were dispersed uniformly over the surface of the support. Images of the commercial catalyst showed particles 3–4 nm in diameter that tended to agglomerate near the edges of the carbon support particles. Cyclic voltammograms of methanol oxidation from the two catalysts showed significantly higher activity for the cluster-derived catalyst. The onset potential for methanol oxidation for the cluster-derived catalyst was approximately 170 mV lower than that of the commercial catalyst at 100 A/g Pt, and approximately 250 mV lower at 400 A/g Pt. ^* This report is dedicated to Prof. Günter Schmid on the occasion of his 70th birthday.