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Microwave polyol synthesis of Pt/C catalysts with size-controlled Pt particles for methanol electrocatalytic oxidation

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Pt/C catalysts with different mean size of Pt particles were prepared by a microwave-assisted polyol process and characterized by TEM and XRD. The effects of the synthesis solution pH on Pt particles size and distribution, and their activity for methanol electrooxidation were investigated. Pt nanoparticles were small and uniform with mean size of 2.7 nm under the pH of 9.5. Pt/C catalyst showed high activity for methanol electrooxidation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50171063), Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Chinese Scholar of State Education Ministry (No. 2004-527) and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation (No. 200053).

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    Jie Zhao, Weixiang Chen, Yifan Zheng, Xiang Li & Zhude Xu

  2. The College of Chemical and Material Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, P R China

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Zhao, J., Chen, W., Zheng, Y. et al. Microwave polyol synthesis of Pt/C catalysts with size-controlled Pt particles for methanol electrocatalytic oxidation. J Mater Sci 41, 5514–5518 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0276-4

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