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Poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-Modified Graphite Carbon Nanofibers as Promising Supports for PtRu Catalysts in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
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Carbon nanomaterials, including herringbone graphite carbon nanofibers (GNFH), multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT), and carbon black, were surface-modified by a new poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) grafting process as well as by the conventional acid-oxidation (AO) process, and characterized by FTIR, TGA, Raman, HRTEM, XRD, and XPS measurements. Pt nanoparticles of 1.8 nm were evenly deposited on all PVP-grafted carbon nanomaterials. The effects of the two surface modification processes on the dispersion, average Pt nanoparticle sizes, the electrocatalytic performance, and electrical conductivities of Pt-carbon nanocomposites in direct methanol oxidation were systematically studied and compared. It was found that the PVP-grafted carbon nanomaterials have much less loss in the electric conductivity and thus better electrocatalytic performance, 17-463% higher, than their corresponding acid oxidation-treated nanocomposites. The electrocatalytic performance of the Pt-carbon nanocomposites decreases in the following order: Pt-PVP-GNFH > Pt-PVP-MWCNTarc > Pt-AO-MWCNTarc > Pt-PVP-MWCNTCVD > Pt-AO-MWCNTCVD > Pt-XC-72R > Pt-AO-GNFH, with the Pt-PVP-GNFH nanocomposite having approximately 270% higher performance than that of the Pt-Vulcan XC-72R nanocomposite. In addition, PtRu-PVP-GNFH shows even better (50% higher) electrocatalytic activity than the Pt-PVP-GNFH nanocomposite at a 0.6 V applied voltage.
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- Authors
- Hsin, Y. L., Hwang, K. C., & Yeh, C.-T.
- Venue
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2007-07-21
- Volume
- 129
- Issue
- 32
- Pages
- 9999-10010
- ISSN
- 0002-7863 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-5126
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- W1991803078
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- 17.05
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- en
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