Preparation and Structural Analysis of Carbon-Supported Co Core/Pt Shell Electrocatalysts Using Electroless Deposition Methods
Preparation and Structural Analysis of Carbon-Supported Co Core/Pt Shell Electrocatalysts Using Electroless Deposition Methods
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DOI:
10.1021/nn900214g
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发表时间:
2009-09-01
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17.1
通讯作者:
Monnier, John R.
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作者:
Beard, K. D.;Borrelli, David;Monnier, John R.
Cobalt core/platinum shell nanciparticles were prepared by the electroless deposition (ED) of Pt on carbon-supported cobalt catalyst (Co/C) and verified by HRTEM images. For a 2.0 wt % Co/C core, the ED technique permitted the Pt loading to be adjusted to obtain a series of bimetallic compositions with varying numbers of monolayers (ML). The tendency for corrosion of Co and the electrochemical (i.e., oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)) activity of the structures were measured. The results from temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) analysis suggest that a single Pt ML coverage is formed at a Pt weight loading between 0.5 and 0.7% on the 2.0% Co/C. HRTEM analysis indicates that the continuity of the Pt shell on the Co core depends on the precursor Co particle size, where "large" Co particles (> 10 nm) favor noncontinuous, three-dimensional Pt structures and "small" Co particles (