Platinum Integrated Graphene for Methanol Fuel Cells

Naigui Shang, P Papakonstantinou, P Wang, SRP Silva

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Abstract

Uniform and porous graphene nanoflake films (GNFs) have been investigated as a support for catalytic Pt nanoclusters in direct methanol electro-oxidation. Pt nanoclusters of varying thickness are deposited on GNFs using magnetron sputtering, and their effects on the electrocatalytic activity for oxidizing methanol are systemically studied. GNF supported Pt nanoclusters with ultralow catalyst loading exhibit high performance for methanol electrocatalytic oxidation with a large mass-specific peak current density and a ratio of forward to backward peak currents up to 1.4. These characteristics compare favorably to the majority of Pt C based electrodes, except for those of carbon nanotubes with Pt decoration on both the inner and the outer wall surfaces. The results obtained are ascribed to a highly coupled network made of high-density 2 4nmPt monolayer nanoclusters on both the basal and edge planes of each nanoflakes of graphene. GNFs are a promising support material for developing next-generation advanced Pt based fuel cells and their relevant electrodes in the field of energy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15837-15841
JournalJournal Of Physical Chemistry C
Volume114
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - Aug 2010

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