Enhancing the durability of multi-walled carbon nanotube supported by Pt and Pt–Pd nanoparticles in gas diffusion electrodes

Autor: Mehdi Asgari, Ahmad Nozad Golikand, Elaheh Lohrasbi
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 35:9233-9240
ISSN: 0360-3199
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.052
Popis: This work tries to improve the durability of electrocatalysts of gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) by using multi-walled carbon nanotube supported Pt–Pd bimetallic (Pt–Pd/MWCNT). The durability investigation of multi-walled carbon nanotube supported metals was evaluated by a repetitive potential cycling (RPC) corrosion test and by extended constant potential (ECP) experiments. Potential cycling tests were performed from −0.3 to 1.2 V at 50 mV s −1 in 1 mol L −1 H 2 SO 4 . Extended constant potential (ECP) durability test were also carried out on the GDEs by 30 h of constant potential operation at 0.8 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The smaller performance loss was observed on the GDE using Pt–Pd/MWCNT as electrocatalyst compared with GDE using Pt/MWCNT during both durability tests. ICP analysis also suggests that the dissolution of Pt nanoparticles from the carbon nanotube surface is hindered when Pd is present.
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