Microwave-assisted synthesis of palladium nanoparticles intercalated nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide and their electrocatalytic activity for direct-ethanol fuel cells

作者：Kumar Rajesh; da Silva Everson T S G; Singh Rajesh K; Savu Raluca; Alaferdov Andrei V; Fonseca Leandro C; Carossi Lory C; Singh Arvind; Khandka Sarita; Kar Kamal K; Alves Oswaldo L; Kubota Lauro T; Moshkalev Stanislav A

来源：Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, 515: 160-171.

DOI：10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.028

• N-doped reduced graphene oxide
• Palladiun nanoparticle
• Intercalated
• Microwave
• Direct-ethanol fuel cells

Palladium nanoparticles decorated reduced graphene oxide (Pd-rGO) and palladium nanoparticles intercalated inside nitrogen doped reduced graphene oxide (Pd-NrGO) hybrids have been synthesized by applying a very simple, fast and economic route using microwave-assisted in-situ reduction and exfoliation method. The Pd-NrGO hybrids materials show good activity as catalyst for ethanol electro oxidation for direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) as compared to Pd-rGO hybrids. The enhanced direct ethanol fuel cell can serve as alternative to fossil fuels because it is renewable and environmentally-friendly with a high energy conversion efficiency and low pollutant emission. As proof of concept, the electrocatalytic activity of Pd-NrGO hybrid material was accessed by cyclic voltammetry in presence of ethanol to evaluate its applicability in direct-ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). The Pd-NrGO catalyst presented higher electro active surface area (similar to 6.3 m(2) g(-1)) for ethanol electro-oxidation when compared to Pd-rGO hybrids (similar to 3.7 m(2) g(-1)). Despite the smaller catalytic activity of Pd-NrGO, which was attributed to the lower exfoliation rate of this material in relation to the Pd-rGO, Pd-NrGO showed to be very promising and its catalytic activity can be further improved by tuning the synthesis parameters to increase the exfoliation rate.

• 出版日期2018-4-1