Enhanced catalytic performance and changed reaction chemistry for electrochemical glycerol oxidation by atomic-layer-deposited Pt-nanoparticle catalysts

Autor: Yuseong Noh, Jisu Han, Jeong Rang Kim, David H. K. Jackson, Hyunju Chang, Hyun Woo Kim, Hyung Ju Kim, Kwan Young Lee, Won Bae Kim, Jechan Lee, Youngmin Kim
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 273:119037
ISSN: 0926-3373
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119037
Popis: Atomically controlled thin TiO2 layers were coated onto a carbon-supported Pt nanoparticle (Pt/C) surface using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) technique. Then, the resulting TiO2 coated Pt/C (ALD(TiO2)-Pt/C) was heat-treated at 150 °C under N2 atmosphere. The heat-treated ALD(TiO2)-Pt/C (ALD(TiO2)-Pt/C(150 H T)) catalyst demonstrated improved electrocatalytic glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) activity with a turnover frequency (TOF) 3-times higher than for uncoated Pt/C catalyst. Interestingly, the ALD(TiO2)-Pt/C(150 H T) catalyst maintained its catalytic GOR performance after a cyclic voltammetry (CV) stability test of 1200 cycles, preventing Pt sintering due to strong Pt-TiO2 interaction. The reaction chemistry for GOR on the ALD(TiO2)-Pt/C(150 H T) catalyst also changed due to the newly created Pt-TiO2 interfaces, producing more oxidized chemicals such as glyceric acid and glycolic acid. The enhanced GOR performance is related to the formation of new Pt-O-Ti bonds and to change in the physicochemical properties of the Pt by interaction between the Pt nanoparticles and ALD-coated TiO2.
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