Pt-Ru supported on double-walled carbon nanotubes as high-performance anode catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

Pt-Ru supported on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (single-walled nanotubes, double-walled nanotubes (DWNTs), and multi-walled nanotubes) catalysts are prepared by an ethylene glycol reduction method. Pt-Ru nanoparticles with a diameter of 2-3 nm and narrow particle size distributions are uniformly deposited onto the CNTs. A simple and fast filtration method followed by a hot-press film transfer is employed to prepare the anode catalyst layer on a Nafion membrane. The Pt-Ru/DWNTs catalyst shows the highest specific activity for methanol oxidation reaction in rotating disk electrode experiments and the highest performance as an anode catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) single cell tests. The DMFC single cell with Pt-Ru/DWNTs (50 wt %, 0.34 mg Pt-Ru/cm(2)) produces a 68% enhancement of power density, and at the same time, an 83% reduction of Pt-Ru electrode loading when compared to Pt-Ru/C (40 wt %, 2.0 mg Pt-Ru/cm(2)).     

合金化程度对炭载Pt-Ru催化剂性能的影响

在含四氢呋喃(THF)的水溶液中, 室温下用NaBH₄还原H₂PtCl₆和RuCl₃制得Pt-Ru/C催化剂. 其Pt-Ru 粒子的合金化程度较高, 平均粒径较小, 相对结晶度较低. 因此对甲醇氧化的电催化活性远高于Pt-Ru 粒子的平均粒径和相对结晶度相似的, 而且Pt-Ru合金化程度低的商业化的E-TEK的Pt-Ru/C催化剂, 表明Pt-Ru的合金化程度对Pt-Ru/C催化甲醇氧化的电催化活性有很大的影响.     

Simple and controllable synthesis of highly dispersed Pt-Ru/C catalysts by a two-step spray pyrolysis process

A carbon supported Pt-Ru catalyst with uniform distribution and small average size of the Pt-Ru particles was synthesized using a two-step spray pyrolysis (SP) method; the electrocatalytic activity of the prepared catalyst for methanol oxidation is better than that of the standard commercial catalyst.     

Highly active meso-microporous TaON photocatalyst driven by visible light

TaON was found to be ca. 20 times more active as a visible light activated photocatalyst for the oxidation of methanol, when compared to the well studied UV-visible activated TiO2 (P25) catalyst.     

Novel method for the synthesis of hydrophobic Pt-Ru nanoparticles and its application to preparing a Nafion-free anode for the direct methanol fuel cell

Pt-Ru alloy is a bimetallic catalyst most commonly used in the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). In this paper, a new process to synthesize an unsupported Pt-Ru colloid has been introduced. The characteristics of synthesized nanoparticles were identified by XRD, TEM/EDX, and SEM, and it shows that Ru atoms are incorporated into the Pt fcc structure and the well-dispersed particles (diameter approximately 4 nm) possess a Pt-rich feature. This catalyst shows a hydrophobic characteristic which can adsorb very well on the hydrophobic-treated carbon paper or carbon cloth without the need of Nafion. Accordingly, this method can avoid particle agglomeration, and the synthesized catalyst demonstrates strong adsorption with carbon paper. In addition, this colloid-type Nafion-free catalyst was measured via linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and exhibited electrochemical activity for methanol oxidation comparable to the commercial one with Nafion binding.     

The carbon nanotubes-polyaniline composites and their effect on catalytic properties of deposited catalysts

Composites of functionalized single-wall carbon nanotubes and polyaniline are deposited onto electrodes by in situ electrochemical polymerization. Their electrochemical behavior and differential capacitance are studied by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and chronovoltamperometry. The differential capacitance of the composite electrode exceeds that of pure polyaniline film deposited onto electrode, which can be explained by the nanotubes’ loosening effect on the polyaniline structure. The composite-electrode capacitance is as large as 1000 F g⁻¹ or higher. Thus obtained composite films were used as a support for deposited platinum-ruthenium catalyst. The Pt-Ru structure and catalytic properties in the methanol oxidation reaction are studied. It is shown that the specific current of methanol oxidation at Pt-Ru is larger by a factor of 7–15 than those measured when pure polyaniline, pure carbon nanotubes, or standard Vulcan XC-72 carbon black are used as supports. It is found that the catalytic activity is the same for all studied supports, provided the current is reduced to the unit of Pt-Ru true surface area. Thus, the observed large catalytic effect is associated with the structure and high dispersivity of the electrodeposited metals incorporated to the single-wall carbon nanotubes-polyaniline composite.     

光电催化氧化甲醇电极

直接甲醇燃料电池 (DMFC)可直接利用甲醇 ,无须中间转化装置 ,具有系统结构简单、体积能量密度高、燃料补充方便等优点 .从提高电流密度和稳定催化剂本征活性这两方面来看 ,DMFC需要解决的关键问题是使甲醇直接氧化的阳极材料 .近年来有关此类阳极材料的制备与催化性能的研究报道日益增多 [1,2 ] ,但都是单纯地从光催化或电催化的角度出发 .本文提出一种利用 Ti O2 为光催化剂 ,Pt- Ru为电催化剂 ,试图将光催化与电催化反应发生于一体 ,使甲醇能得到联合的催化氧化作用 ;同时为了能进一步增加Ti O2 的光催化氧化能力 ,改变 Ti O2 - n…     

Preparation of High-alloying Pt-Ru/CMK-3 Catalysts in THF-H2O-EtOH Ternary Solution System

The Pt-Ru particles of the Pt-Ru/CMK-3 catalyst were found to possess high degree of alloying, small average size, and low relative crystallinity when the Pt-Ru/CMK-3 catalyst was prepared using the general chemical reduction method in the ternary solution system containing tetrahydrofuran (THF), H₂O, and ethanol. The Pt-Ru/CMK-3 catalyst showed high electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation. It indicated that the alloying of Pt-Ru could significantly affect the electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation. The Pt-Ru/CMK-3 catalyst with high alloying degree can be obtained because THF and H₂PtCl₆ can form a complex leading to the reduction potentials of H₂PtCl₆ and RuCl₃, which are close to each other in the aqueous solution with THF.     

Electrocatalytic oxidation of ethylene glycol on Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes

The synthesis and characterization of catalysts based on nanomaterials, supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) for ethylene glycol (EG) oxidation is investigated. Platinum (Pt) and platinum-ruthenium (Pt-Ru) nanoparticles are deposited on surface-oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes [Pt/CNT; Pt-Ru/CNT] by the aqueous solution reduction of the corresponding metal salts with glycerol. The electrocatalytic properties of the modified electrodes for oxidation of ethylene glycol in acidic solution have been studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), and excellent activity is observed. This may be attributed to the small particle size of the metal nanoparticles, the efficacy of carbon nanotubes acting as good catalyst support and uniform dispersion of nanoparticles on CNT surfaces. The nature of the resulting nanoparticles decorated multiwalled carbon nanotubes are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis. The cyclic voltammetry response indicates that Pt-Ru/CNT catalyst displays a higher performance than Pt/CNT, which may be due to the efficiency of the nature of Ru species in Pt-Ru systems. The fabricated Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles decorated CNT electrodes shows better catalytic performance towards ethylene glycol oxidation than the corresponding nanoparticles decorated carbon electrodes, demonstrating that it is more promising for use in fuel cells.     

四氢呋喃-水-乙醇三元溶液体系制备高合金化Pt-Ru/CMK-3催化剂

提出了在四氢呋喃(THF)、H2O和乙醇三元体系中用一般的化学还原法在室温下制备高合金化Pt-Ru/CMK-3催化剂的新方法. 与在纯水中制得的商品化ETEK催化剂相比, 其Pt-Ru粒子的合金化程度高、平均粒径较小且相对结晶度低, 因此, 该催化剂对甲醇氧化的电催化活性远高于在纯水中制得的Pt-Ru催化剂. 高合金化程度的原因是H2PtCl6和RuCl3在THF、H2O和乙醇三元溶液体系中的起始还原电位相近. 此外, CMK-3以其规整的二维有序孔道结构, 为直接甲醇燃烧电池(DMFC)中电子和物质的传输提供了方便的路径, 其巨大的比表面积也为Pt-Ru 纳米粒子的均匀分散提供了良好的载体.     

一种制备碳载高合金化Pt-Ru催化剂的方法

提出了在四氢呋喃(THF)和H₂O混合溶液中用一般的化学还原法在室温下制备碳载Pt-Ru(Pt-Ru/C)催化剂的新方法。与在纯水中制得的Pt-Ru/C催化剂相比，其Pt-Ru粒子的合金化程度高、平均粒径较小且相对结晶度低，因此，该催化剂对甲醇氧化的电催化活性远高于在纯水中制得的Pt-Ru/C催化剂。高合金化程度的原因是H₂PtCl₆和RuCl₃在THF和H₂O混合溶液中的起始还原电位相近。此外，在THF和H₂O混合溶液中，THF和H₂O的体积比的改变并不影响制得的Pt-Ru/C催化剂中Pt-Ru粒子的合金化程度，但对Pt-Ru粒子的粒径以及相对结晶度有较大影响。     

室温制备高合金化Pt-Ru/CMK-3催化剂及其对甲醇的电催化氧化

通过低温络合反应制备了高分散高合金化的Pt-Ru固溶体, 并将其均匀地担载在有序介孔碳CMK-3上, 以形成二元复合金属催化剂. XRD谱图表明,fcc结构的Pt原子部分被hcp结构的Ru原子取代形成置换固溶体， 而且几乎没有未形成合金的Ru存在. TEM和XRD研究结果表明， Pt-Ru/CMK-3催化剂中Pt-Ru合金粒子的平均粒径为27 nm, 且具有良好的均一度. 还研究了催化剂对甲醇的电催化氧化性能, 并与E-TEK公司同类催化剂进行了对比, 研究结果表明, Pt-Ru/CMK-3催化剂具有较大的电化学活性面积, 对甲醇的电催化氧化性能和抗CO中毒能力明显优于其它同类催化剂.     

碳载体的O3处理对直接甲醇燃料电池Pt-Ru/C催化剂性能的影响

为了提高直接甲醇燃料电池阳极催化剂的催化活性, 利用O₃处理的Vulcan XC-72碳黑为载体, 制备Pt-Ru/C催化剂, 并与未经处理的Vulcan XC-72为载体制备的Pt-Ru/C催化剂的性能进行比较. 采用XPS和BET测试了O₃处理后碳粉表面的含氧浓度和比表面积, 结果表明, 随处理时间延长, 碳表面含氧浓度先减少后增加, 比表面积减小; 而随着处理温度升高, 比表面积增加, 含氧浓度先减少后增加. XRD, TEM方法对催化剂的结构及形貌的表征结果表明: O₃处理的碳黑为载体制备的Pt-Ru/C催化剂粒径均匀、分散性好. 在0.5 mol/L CH₃OH和0.5 mol/L H₂SO₄溶液中, 利用粉末微电极测试了循环伏安和稳态极化曲线, 结果表明: O₃处理碳粉为载体的催化剂比未经处理的碳粉为载体的催化剂的活性高. 研究了O₃处理碳粉的时间和温度对催化剂性能的影响, 电化学测试表明: 140 ℃处理6 min的碳粉为载体制备的催化剂对甲醇的电催化氧化活性最佳.     

PEMFC催化剂的研究：自制抗CO中毒Pt-Ru/C电催化剂的性质

用胶体法制备了抗CO中毒PEMFC阳极Pt-Ru/C电催化剂（标记为THYT－2）,对 比研究了THYT－2与Johnson Matthey (JM)公司同类品牌Pt-Ru/C催化剂的电化学及 其它物理化学性能。结果表明,THYT－2电催化剂在甲醇燃料电池和CO／H_2（Φ_ (CO) = 1 * 10~(-4)）的氢氧燃料电池中的电催化行为与JM催化剂相当,但THYT－ 2在低浓度CO氢气燃料中的电池性能更好。两种催化剂的其它物理化学性质具有类 似性：XPS分析结果表明THYT－2和JM催化剂 中都有三种不同价态的Pt存在：即金 属态Pt(0)、氧化态Pt(II)和Pt(IV)。HRTEM测试结果表明两种催化剂的粒径处在2 ～3 mn左右,这可能是它们拥有良好电化学性能的主要原因之一。本文还对催化剂 中Pt与Ru组分的分布和相互作用进行了讨论,提出了改进Pt-Ru/C电催化剂的思路 。     

Electrochemical impedance analysis of methanol oxidation on carbon nanotube-supported Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles

Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) are employed to investigate methanol oxidation reactions on single-walled carbon nanotube-supported platinum (Pt) and platinum–ruthenium (Pt-Ru) nanoparticles. EIS and CV measurements show consistent results: Pt catalyst supported on single-walled carbon nanotubes possesses higher catalytic activity for methanol oxidation than that on carbon black. Additionally, semicircles in the second quadrant of the Nyquist diagrams are observed for methanol oxidation on all types of catalytic nanoparticles when applying an electrical potential of 600 mV, which indicates the occurrence of negative resistance during electrocatalytic methanol oxidations. However, all impedance spectra show positive resistance at other electrode potentials (e.g., 300, 400, and 800 mV). Electrocatalytic characteristics of all catalysts are further analyzed by equivalent circuit simulations. We propose that intermediate coverage on the catalyst surface and subsequently the oscillation of nonlinear electrochemical methanol oxidations lead to the occurrence of negative resistance at 600 mV.     

Polyoxometalate-modified carbon nanotubes: new catalyst support for methanol electro-oxidation

A new catalyst support, polyoxometalate-modified carbon nanotubes, is presented in this paper through the chemisorption between polyoxometalate and carbon. Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles were electrochemically deposited on polyoxometalate-modified carbon nanotubes electrodes, and their electrocatalytic properties for methanol electro-oxidation are investigated in detail. Due to the unique electrical properties of carbon nanotubes and the excellent redox properties and the high protonic conductivity of polyoxometalate, for the similar deposition charge of Pt and Pt-Ru catalysts, 1.4 times larger exchange current density, 1.5 times higher specific activity, and better cycle stabilities can be obtained at polyoxometalate-modified carbon nanotube electrodes as compared to the electrodes without polyoxometalate modification. These results show that polyoxometalate-modified carbon nanotubes as a new catalyst support have good potential application in direct methanol fuel cells.     

Pt-Ru/C催化剂在甲醇电氧化过程中的组成和结构变化

本文研究了Pt-Ru/C催化剂在甲醇电催化氧化过程中组成和结构的变化。结果表明:在扫描初期,Pt-Ru催化剂的表面处于富Ru状态,Pt-Ru催化剂显示出良好的协同效应,峰电位较低,峰电流密度也较小。随着扫描圈数的增加(1~35圈),催化剂表面Ru原子逐渐溶解,Pt-Ru协同效应减弱,峰电位逐渐增大;同时,随着Ru的溶解,催化剂表面Pt原子含量的增加,催化剂对甲醇氧化的峰电流密度逐渐增大。继续增加扫描圈数(36~80圈),催化剂表面Ru原子含量趋于稳定,但Pt原子发生表面重组,粒子粒径增大,从而导致催化剂对甲醇电氧化性能下降。     

高分散PtRu/C催化剂的制备及对甲醇及吸附态CO的电催化氧化

采用化学还原浸渍法在两种不同条件下制备炭载PtRu催化剂,通过XRD和TEM技术对催化剂的晶体结构及微观形貌进行了分析,运用循环伏安法、线性扫描法来检测不同条件下制备的催化剂对甲醇及吸附态CO(COad)电催化氧化活性的影响.结果表明,不同条件下制备的催化剂Pt和Ru形成合金的程度不同,Pt-Ru合金原子的颗粒在载体炭上的粒径大小和分布不同,导致催化剂对甲醇及COad的电氧化催化活性不同.其中以甲醛为还原剂在乙二醇体系中制备的催化剂PtRu/C-2能形成较好的合金状态,粒径小,分布均匀,对甲醇及COad的氧化具有较高的电催化活性.     

新型碳纤维负载直接乙醇燃料电池Pt-SnO_2阳极催化剂的性能研究

采用静电纺丝技术制备了碳纤维基纳米Pt-SnO2阳极催化剂(Pt/Sn原子比为3)。通过X射线衍射(XRD)、红外光谱(FT-IR)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)等技术对该催化剂进行了表征,并采用循环伏安法对其在乙醇燃料电池中的阳极催化活性进行了评价。结果表明,纳米Pt-SnO2催化剂均匀地分散在碳纤维骨架上;随着烧结温度的升高,碳纤维载体的致密度越高、导电性能越好。电催化性能测试表明,烧结温度为800℃时催化剂的峰电流密度最大,达到0.11 A/cm2,抗中毒能力也最强。单电池的发电性能表明,在一定的乙醇浓度下,1.0 mL/min进样流速具有最优的发电效率。     

活性炭负载TiO2光催化氧化二苯并噻吩的研究

以活性炭负载的TiO2为光催化剂,H2O2为氧化剂,30W紫外灯为光源,对含二苯并噻吩（DBT）的模型硫化物进行光催化氧化脱硫研究。考察了TiO2的煅烧温度、负载量、催化剂用量、H2O2用量和光照时间对DBT去除率的影响。实验结果表明,用溶胶 凝胶法制备的TiO2 /活性炭催化剂对DBT具有很好的光催化效果。最佳反应条件为,催化剂煅烧温度400℃,TiO2的负载量为32％,催化剂用量0.7g/100mL, H2O2最佳用量为10mL,即O/S（摩尔比）为14。在最佳反应条件下,光照时间8h,DBT去除率为90％, 此反应为一级动力学反应。