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Temperature effect on the recovery of SO2-Poisoned GC/Nano-Pt electrode towards oxygen reduction

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The SO2 poisoning of Pt nanoparticle (n-Pt) modified glassy carbon (GC/n-Pt) electrode and the recovery of its activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) were studied using cyclic voltammetry at ambient (25 °C) and elevated (70 °C) temperatures. Recovery of the GC/n-Pt electrode by cycling the potential within the ORR range (1.0 to 0.2 V (standard hydrogen electrode)) in 0.1 M H2SO4 was not effective at 25 °C, but at 70 °C the onset potential of the ORR was almost the same as that at the fresh GC/n-Pt electrode. For the two different temperatures used here, the recovery on cycling the potential between 0.4 and 1.7 V was efficient. However, the number of cycles and the amount of charge required for the recovery at 70 °C were the smallest, which is of great interest for the proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance. The recovery using such a wide potential range at 70 °C resulted in an enhancement of the electrocatalytic activity of the GC/n-Pt electrode over a non-poisoned (bare) GC/n-Pt electrode.

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This work was financially supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (No. 19206079) to T. Ohsaka from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, and also by The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan.

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  1. Department of Electronic Chemistry, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-G1-05 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan

    A. M. Abdullah, M. M. Saleh, M. I. Awad, Takeyoshi Okajima, Fusao Kitamura & Takeo Ohsaka

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza, 12613, Egypt

    A. M. Abdullah, M. M. Saleh & M. I. Awad

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Abdullah, A.M., Saleh, M.M., Awad, M.I. et al. Temperature effect on the recovery of SO2-Poisoned GC/Nano-Pt electrode towards oxygen reduction. J Solid State Electrochem 14, 1727–1734 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-010-1023-y

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