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Structural and electrocatalytic properties of Pt/C and Pt-Ni/C catalysts prepared by electrochemical dispersion

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The structural and electrocatalytic properties of Pt/C and Pt-Ni/C catalysts prepared by the electrochemical dispersion of metals under the action of pulse alternating current in a solution of NaOH were studied. Using X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning and transmission electron microscopy, it was found that the synthesized Pt/C catalysts contained active constituent particles with the average size D 111 = 10.6 nm with a predominantly cubic shape. Upon the dispersion of a Pt3Ni alloy, the Pt-Ni/C catalyst containing the particles of a stoichiometric metal phase of Pt3Ni (D 111 = 9.6 nm) and also Pt x Ni particles (x > 3) enriched in platinum (D 111 = 8.1 nm). The synthesized catalysts possessed high electrocatalytic activity and stability in the reaction of methanol oxidation. The characteristics of these catalysts as anodes in the membrane-electronic unit of a hydrogen-air solid-polymer fuel cell were studied.

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    N. V. Smirnova, A. B. Kuriganova & D. V. Leont’eva

  2. Department of Physics, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russia

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Smirnova, A.B. Kuriganova, D.V. Leont’eva, I.N. Leont’ev, A.S. Mikheikin, 2013, published in Kinetika i Kataliz, 2013, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 265–272.

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Smirnova, N.V., Kuriganova, A.B., Leont’eva, D.V. et al. Structural and electrocatalytic properties of Pt/C and Pt-Ni/C catalysts prepared by electrochemical dispersion. Kinet Catal 54, 255–262 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0023158413020146

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