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Composite Pt/(SnO2/C) and PtSnNi/C Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Alcohol Electrooxidation Reactions

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The electrodeposition of tin and tin-nickel on a highly dispersed carbon material is used to obtain composite supports. These composite supports were used in the Pt(0) nanoparticles deposition from Pt(IV) solution by chemical reduction. The composition, structure, and activity of the obtained Pt(SnO2/C) and PtSnNi/C catalysts in the oxygen reduction and alcohol electrooxidation reactions were studied. The composite-support-based platinum catalysts exhibit higher activity in the reactions of alcohols electrooxidation in comparison with the commercial Pt/C analogue. Trimetallic PtSnNi/C catalysts are the most promising materials for the electrooxidation of alcohols.

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Authors acknowledged the assistance from A.Yu. Nikulin in the registration of X-ray patterns for the studied materials.

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The reported study was funded by the Ministry of science and higher education RF under State contract no. 0852-2020-0019.

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Mauer, D.K., Belenov, S.V., Skibina, L.M. et al. Composite Pt/(SnO2/C) and PtSnNi/C Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Alcohol Electrooxidation Reactions. Russ J Electrochem 57, 898–910 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193521060069

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