Electrooxidation Mechanism of Methanol at Pt-Ru Catalyst Modified GC Electrode in Electrolytes with Different pH Using Electrochemical and SERS Techniques

The electrochemical and in-situ surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy （SERS） techniques were used to investigate the electrooxidation behavior of methanol in acidic, neutral and alkaline media at a Pt-Ru nanoparticle modified glassy carbon （Pt-Ru/GC） electrode. The results showed that methanol could be dissociated spontaneously at the Pt-Ru/GC electrode to produce a strongly adsorbed intermediate, CO. It was found that CO could be oxidized more easily in the alkaline medium than in the acidic and neutral media. The peak potential of methanol oxidation was shifted from 0.663 and 0.708 V in the acidic and neutral media to -0.030 V in the alkaline medium, which is due to that the adsorption strength of CO on the Pt surface in the alkaline medium is weaker than that in the acidic and neutral media. The final product of the methanol oxidation is CO2. However, in the alkaline medium, CO2 produced would form CO3^2- and HCO3^- resulting in the decrease in the alkaline concentration and then in the decrease in the performance of DMFC. Therefore, the performance of the alkaline DMFC is not Stable.     

铂电极上异黄樟油和胡椒醛电氧化的SERS研究

采用循环伏安(CV)法和原位表面增强拉曼光谱(SERS)技术, 研究了非水体系中反应物异黄樟油和目标产物胡椒醛在粗糙铂电极上的电氧化行为, 发现胡椒醛在电位≥1.50 V时将进一步氧化, 而且从分子水平证实, 在胡椒醛的氧化电位(≥1.50 V) 下, 波长为632.8 nm的激光对胡椒醛的氧化有助催化作用. 由异黄樟油直接电氧化合成胡椒醛的电位(E)应控制在1.20 V相似文献   

Electrochemical and surfaced-enhanced Raman spectroscopic investigation of CO and SCN- adsorbed on Au(core)-Pt(shell) nanoparticles supported on GC electrodes

Core-shell Au-Pt nanoparticles were synthesized by using a seed growth method and characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and UV-vis spectroscopy. Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC electrodes were prepared by drop-coating the nanoparticles on clean glassy carbon (GC) surfaces, and their electrochemical behavior in 0.5 M H2SO4 revealed that coating of the Au core by the Pt shell is complete. The electrooxidation of carbon monoxide and methanol on the Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC was also examined, and the results are similar to those obtained on a bulk Pt electrode. High quality surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of both adsorbed CO and thiocyanate were observed on the Au(core)-Pt(shell)/GC electrodes. The potential-dependent SERS features resemble those obtained on electrochemically roughened bulk Pt or Pt thin films deposited on roughened Au electrodes. For thiocyanate, the C-N stretching frequency increases with the applied potential, yielding two distinctly different dnu(CN)/dE. From -0.8 to -0.2 V, the dnu(CN)/dE is ca. 50 cm(-1)/V, whereas it is 90 cm(-1)/V above 0 V. The bandwidth along with the band intensity increases sharply above 0 V. At the low-frequency region, Pt-NCS stretching mode at 350 cm(-1) was observed at the potentials from -0.8 to 0 V, whereas the Pt-SCN mode at 280 cm(-1) was largely absent until around 0 V and became dominant at more positive potentials. These potential-dependent spectral transitions were attributed to the adsorption orientation switch from N-bound dominant at the negative potential region to S-bound at more positive potentials. The origin of the SERS activity of the particles is briefly discussed. The study demonstrates a new method of obtaining high quality SERS on Pt-group transition metals, with the possibility of tuning SERS activity by varying the core size and the shell thickness.     

Pt-CNTs 修饰玻碳电极(Pt-CNTs/GC)电氧化活性的研究

采用透射电镜(TEM)和选区电子衍射(SAED)技术, 分别表征了Pt-CNTs/GC电极的表面形貌和所负载铂纳米原子簇的结构. 以CO和CH3OH为探针分子, 用循环伏安和计时电流等常规电化学方法检测了CO和CH3OH在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上的氧化行为. 研究结果表明, CO在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上有3个氧化电流峰(Ⅰ, Ⅱ, Ⅲ), 其中峰Ⅰ为CO桥式吸附的氧化峰, 而峰Ⅱ和Ⅲ则分别为CO线形吸附在碳纳米管负载的不同粒径的Pt纳米原子簇以及Pt原子薄膜上所分裂的氧化峰; CH3OH在Pt-CNTs/GC电极上也能自发解离吸附强吸附中间体CO; Pt-CNTs/GC电极对CH3OH的氧化峰电流不总是随CNTs上载铂量的增加而增大, 表明在制备直接甲醇燃料电池阳极时, 应选择合适的载铂量.     

Giant magnetoresistance in Co–Al2O3 granular films prepared by self-organized growth

Co–Al₂O₃ granular films with a narrow distribution in cluster size of Co clusters embedded in Al₂O₃ matrix were prepared by sequential deposition based on self-organized growth. Resistivity dependence of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) was studied. The GMR takes a maximum of 5.2% at room temperature and 9.4% at 13 K and 5700 Gs when the resistivity of the sample is 4×10⁵–7×10⁵ μΩ cm. The temperature dependence of resistivities and GMR were discussed especially. A temperature dependence of conductance ρ∼exp[T₁/(T+T₀)] was found, which indicates the dominant conduction mechanism is fluctuation-induced tunneling. A linear relationship of GMR versus T was observed, GMR=a–kT, in applied magnetic field 5700 Gs. The remarkable character of temperature dependence of GMR should be due to the special microstructure that the clusters are monodispersed in the films.     

具有纳米结构的铂电极表面的电化学制备及其性能

采用控电位方波氧化还原法和控电流方波氧化还原法分别成功地制备了控电位粗糙铂(CPRPt)和控电流粗糙铂(CCRPt)纳米级铂电极表面.通过考察两类电极表面对甲醇电催化氧化的性能,发现CPRPt和CCRPt纳米级铂电极表面催化氧化甲醇峰值电流密度分别是光滑铂电极的约1.35倍和2.50倍.采用现场拉曼光谱技术考察了两电极表面的表面增强拉曼(SERS)效应,发现两电极表面对吡啶吸附均有较高SERS活性,CPRPt电极表面还对有机小分子的解离吸附的拉曼光谱具有特殊的增强效应.本文初步探讨了两电极表面的SERS机理.     

甲酸在钯微粒修饰聚苯胺电极上氧化的协同效应研究

Electrochemical oxidation of formic acid on PAN(Pd) electrode has been studied using conventional electrochemical techniques and the electrochemical in-situ FTIR. The process of electrochemical oxidation of PAN(Pd) electorde has been put forward. The kinetic parameters of different thickness of PAN film such as diffusion coefficient (D0) and reaction rate constant(k0) have been calculated. Furthermore, the causes of the difference between PAN(Pd) and pure Pd(or Pt) electrodes as well as the high electrocatalytic activation of PAN(Pd) electrode for oxidation of fomic acid have also been discussed. The high catalytic activation of PAN(Pd) electrode for oxidation of formic acid probably comes from the synergistic effect of the subcatalytic interaction of PAN and the catalytic interaction of the palladium microparticles.     

Pt-Se纳米空球修饰玻碳电极上甲酸的电催化氧化

以无定形硒溶胶为模板制备了不同硒覆盖度(θSe)(θSe=0.49,0.39,0.06,0)的Pt-Se和Pt纳米空球(分别记为(Pt-Se)HN和PtHN),发展了利用亚硫酸盐彻底除去核壳纳米粒子上Se的方法.对获得的纳米空球进行了形貌和结构的表征,结果表明所制备的(Pt-Se)HN粒径均匀,分散性好,球壳呈多孔结构.以其作为电催化剂制备了(Pt-Se)HN修饰的玻碳(GC)电极((Pt-Se)HN/GC),利用常规电化学方法比较该电极与PtHN/GC和商用碳载铂(Pt/C)修饰GC(Pt/C/GC)电极对甲酸的催化氧化作用,发现对甲酸氧化的活性顺序为(Pt-Se)HN/GCPtHN/GCPt/C/GC.三种电极催化甲酸氧化的机理有所不同:前者更倾向于通过弱吸附中间体直接氧化成CO2的单途径机理进行,后两者则通过强吸附和弱吸附中间体的双途径机理进行.在一定Se覆盖度条件下,(Pt-Se)HN/GC对甲酸的氧化有助催化作用.     

甲酸在Pt-Ru/GC电极上氧化的SERS研究

采用循环伏安(CV)法、计时电流法和电化学原位表面增强拉曼散射光谱(SERS)技术研究了甲酸在Pt-Ru/GC电极上的氧化行为, 发现甲酸在Pt-Ru/GC电极上与在粗糙Pt电极上一样, 也能自发解离出强吸附中间体CO和活性中间体—COO－. 从分子水平证实钌的加入有利于提高电极对甲酸的电催化氧化活性, 当镀液中Pt：Ru的摩尔比从10∶1变化到1∶1, CO的氧化峰电位从0.41 V负移至0.35 V, 约负移了60 mV. Pt-Ru/GC(1∶1)电极与粗糙Pt电极相比, CO在电极表面氧化完毕的电位亦负移了约200 mV. 该研究结果表明, 电化学原位表面增强拉曼散射光谱技术可望成为研究电催化反应机理的普适谱学工具.     

ZnO-coated LiMn<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>4</Subscript> cathode material for lithium-ion batteries synthesized by a combustion method

ZnO-coated LiMn₂O₄ cathode materials were prepared by a combustion method using glucose as fuel. The phase structures, size of particles, morphology, and electrochemical performance of pristine and ZnO-coated LiMn₂O₄ powders are studied in detail by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), galvanostatic charge-discharge test, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). XRD patterns indicated that surface-modified ZnO have no obvious effect on the bulk structure of the LiMn₂O₄. TEM and XPS proved ZnO formation on the surface of the LiMn₂O₄ particles. Galvanostatic charge/discharge test and rate performance showed that the ZnO coating could improve the capacity and cycling performance of LiMn₂O₄. The 2 wt% ZnO-coated LiMn₂O₄ sample exhibited an initial discharge capacity of 112.8 mAh g^?1 with a capacity retention of 84.1 % after 500 cycles at 0.5 C. Besides, a good rate capability at different current densities from 0.5 to 5.0 C can be acquired. CV and EIS measurements showed that the ZnO coating effectively reduced the impacts of polarization and charge transfer resistance upon cycling.