PdNi electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in acid media
PdNi electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in acid media
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DOI:
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.03.004
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发表时间:
2008-07
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
G. Ramos-Sánchez;H. Yee-Madeira;O. Solorza-Feria
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作者:
G. Ramos-Sánchez;H. Yee-Madeira;O. Solorza-Feria
The PdNi nanoparticles dispersed on Nafion solution was used as an ink-type electrode for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), in acid media. This bimetallic catalyst was synthesized via the metallic reductive precipitations of the chloride precursors with NaBH4in tetrahydrofuran (THF) at 25∘C. The characterization of the electrocatalyst using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed bimetallic nanoparticles having a narrow size ranged 8–10nm with face-centered cubic (fcc) hexagonal structure. Cyclic voltammograms and polarization curves from rotating-disk electrode measurements showed significantly higher activity on PdNi than observed on Pd catalyst, with a mechanism involving four electrons transfer to water formation. The incorporation of Ni, a less electronegative metal to Pd shifts the onset potential for the ORR approximately 110mV more positive, and at 0.5mAcm-2the cathode overpotential is reduced by 260mV in relation to that obtained on Pd, in a 0.5M H2SO4solution at 25∘C.