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Preparation and electrochemical behaviors of platinum nanoparticles impregnated on binary carbon supports as catalyst electrodes of direct methanol fuel cells

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Binary carbon-supported platinum (Pt) nanoparticles were prepared by a chemical reduction method of Pt precursor on two types of carbon materials such as carbon blacks (CBs) and graphite nanofibers (GNFs). Average sizes and loading levels of Pt metal particles were dependent on a mixing ratio of two carbon materials. The highest electroactivity for methanol oxidation was obtained by preparing the binary carbon supports consisting of GNFs and CBs with a weight ratio of 30:70. Furthermore, with an increase of GNFs content from 0% to 30%, a charge-transfer resistance changed from 19 Ohm cm2 to 11 Ohm cm2. The change of electroactivity or the resistance of catalyst electrodes was attributed to the changes of specific surface area and morphological changes of carbon-supported catalyst electrodes by controlling the mixing ratio of GNFs and CBs.

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    Seok Kim

  2. Department of Chemistry, Inha University, 253, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751, South Korea

    Soo-Jin Park

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Kim, S., Park, SJ. Preparation and electrochemical behaviors of platinum nanoparticles impregnated on binary carbon supports as catalyst electrodes of direct methanol fuel cells. J Solid State Electrochem 11, 821–828 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-006-0228-6

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