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Activity and Stability of a Platinum Nanostructured Catalyst Deposited onto a Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Support

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A comparative analysis of the microstructure and electrochemical behavior of a platinum PCN catalyst synthesized over a nitrogen-doped carbon support and a commercial Pt/C-electrocatalyst HiSPEC3000 is carried out. The PCN catalyst is characterized by a smaller size of platinum nanoparticles and exhibits not only a higher activity in oxygen reduction reaction but also a higher corrosion-morphological resistance in acidic media.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Valuable comments and recommendations from junior researchers А.Yu. Nikulin and N.V. Mal’tseva, Dr. N.Yu. Tabachkova, and Dr. V.А. Volochaeva are acknowledged.

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The reported study was funded by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research according to the research project no. 20-33-90135.

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    E. A. Moguchikh, K. O. Paperzh, A. A. Alekseenko & V. E. Guterman

  2. Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

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Moguchikh, E.A., Paperzh, K.O., Alekseenko, A.A. et al. Activity and Stability of a Platinum Nanostructured Catalyst Deposited onto a Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Support. Russ J Electrochem 58, 502–512 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193522060088

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