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Durability of Pt/graphitized carboncatalysts for the oxygenreduction reaction prepared by the nanocapsule method†
Hiroshi Yano,Tomohiro Akiyama,Masahiro Watanabe
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 02/24/2010 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B923460H
Abstract

Monodisperse Pt nanoparticles supported on a graphitized carbon black (GC; 150 m2 g−1), which exhibits higher resistance to carbon corrosion than a conventional high-surface-area carbon black (CB; 800 m2 g−1), were prepared by the nanocapsule method. Three kinds of 50 wt%-Pt loaded catalysts (our nanocapsule Pt/GC, a commercial Pt/GC, and a commercial Pt/CB) were subjected to the durability test by a standard potential step protocol (E = 0.9 V ↔ 1.3 V vs. RHE, holding 30 s at each E, 1 min for one cycle) in N2-saturated 0.1 M HClO4 solution at 25 °C. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities at these catalysts were evaluated from the hydrodynamic voltammograms in O2-saturated 0.1 M HClO4 solution at 25 °C by the rotating ring-disk electrode technique. The kinetically-controlled mass activities (MA) for the ORR at these catalysts at E = 0.85 to 0.70 V vs. RHE were found to decrease in proportion to log [number of potential step cycles] from 100 to 5000 cycles. It was found that our nanpcapsule Pt/GC showed the highest durability; the time elapsed for the reduction of MA0.8V to 700 A g−1 (ca. 1/2 of the initial MA0.8V) at our Pt/GC was 30 and 60 times longer than those for the commercial Pt/GC and Pt/CB, respectively. It was found that the most important factor leading to both high MA and high durability is highly dispersed state of Pt nanoparticles with uniform size over the whole surface of the corrosion-resistant GC support, to which our nanocapsule method has contributed greatly.

Graphical abstract: Durability of Pt/graphitized carbon catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction prepared by the nanocapsule method
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