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Acetylene-Treated Titania Nanotube Arrays (TNAs) as Support for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Platinum Thin Film Catalysts

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Platinum layers show higher specific oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activities than nanoparticles, and smooth monolayers of platinum on polycrystalline gold have been achieved by electrodeposition from CO-saturated solutions. Since Pt monolayers are interesting catalytic systems, this methodology was attempted on acetylene-treated titania nanotubes (TNAs) with high conductivity. However, the investigation of the as-treated TNAs found that probably nanotubes with an oxygen-containing graphitic overlayer were formed. It was observed that deposition after partial oxidative removal of the overlayer led to very low ORR activities while deposition on the intact overlayer gave rise to the highest activities obtained in our research so far. This is attributed to a “tie-layer” effect, in which the carbon layer screens the negative effects of the underlying TiO2 layer. The interesting effects of the graphitic overlayer on the ORR activity of the Pt deposits on acetylene-treated TNAs offer a strategy to mitigate the unfavorable interactions of the Pt/TiO2 interface. However, the carbon layer in this study was found not to be stable upon potential cycling.

Only Gold Lets Platinum be Platinum: Monolayer amounts of Pt, electrodeposited under CO termination, so far, only show specific activities comparable to polycrystalline platinum if deposited on polycrystalline gold. TiO2 modifications as supports facilitate higher activities only at enhanced conductivities, which usually sacrifice their stability.

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Proch, S., Yoshino, S., Gunjishima, I. et al. Acetylene-Treated Titania Nanotube Arrays (TNAs) as Support for Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) Platinum Thin Film Catalysts. Electrocatalysis 8, 351–365 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-017-0377-7

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