Characterization of different Pt–Ru catalysts by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy

Autor: Hartmut Fuess, Christina Roth, Nathalie Martz
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 3:315-319
ISSN: 1463-9084
1463-9076
DOI: 10.1039/b004887i
Popis: Carbon-supported Pt–Ru (1:1)-catalysts have been synthesized by two reduction methods in an aqueous phase and in a third way in an organic solution and characterized in comparison to a commercial Pt–Ru/C catalyst purchased from E-TEK. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy were carried out on the different samples in the as-synthesized state and after heat-treatment at 500°C in nitrogen and air atmospheres respectively. Powder patterns of the different catalysts in the as-synthesized state reveal a fcc pattern with d values matching or close to platinum. No evidence of metallic Ru or any oxide phases was found. After heat-treatment in nitrogen Ru reflections occur in the synthesized catalyst samples, backing the supposition of separate platinum and ruthenium particles instead of a Pt–Ru alloy.
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