High-Efficiency Pt Catalyst Supported on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes for Methanol Electrooxidation

作者:Iu Chen-Xia; Cai Yue-Jin; Wang Yu; Fan Hao; Chen Qiang; Wu Qiang*; Yang Li-Jun; Wang Xi-Zhang*; Hu Zheng
来源:Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 33(10): 1805-1809.
DOI:10.11862/CJIC.2017.205

摘要

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNT) with N-content of 3%similar to 5%(w/w) and specific surface area of 235 m(2).g(-1) were used as support for the immobilization of Pt nanoparticles. Pt nanoparticles were highly dispersed on NCNT without needing pre-modification of the support by taking advantage of the inherent chemical activity of NCNT arising from the N-incorporation. A series of Pt/NCNT catalysts with the loadings of 18.2%similar to 58.7%(w/w, the same below) were conveniently prepared via the microwave-assisted polyol reduction. With increasing Pt loading, the average sizes of Pt nanoparticles increase slightly from 2.2 to 3.7 nm. The mass activity for MOR first increases and reaches the maximum at Pt loading of 47.8%, then decreases dramatically, while the activity based on the Pt mass presents a high-value platform in the Pt-loading range of 27.6%similar to 47.8%. Such a changing tendency is well correlated with the remarkable difference of MOR activity for Pt nanoparticles with the sizes smaller and larger than 3 nm, respectively. The dramatic activity deterioration for the catalyst with high Pt-loading of 58.7% comes from the serious agglomeration of Pt nanoparticles, leading to poor Pt utilization.

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