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Electrochemical-reduced graphene oxide-modified carbon fiber as Pt–Au nanoparticle support and its high efficient electrocatalytic activity for formic acid oxidation

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A simple electrochemical approach is developed to prepare reduced graphene oxide (RGO)-wrapped carbon fiber (CF) as a novel support for Pt–Au nanocatalysts. The obtained composite electrodes have been characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDX), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and electrochemical methods. SEM images reveal that the Pt–Au nanoparticles deposited on RGO-wrapped CF (RGO/CF) electrode display smaller particle size and more uniform dispersion than those on the bare CF electrode. Cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, Tafel plots, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analyses demonstrate that the introduced RGO on CF electrode surface is beneficial to the dispersion of Pt–Au nanoparticles, as a consequence, to the enhancement of the electrocatalytic activity and the antipoisoning ability of Pt–Au towards formic acid electrooxidation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 51073114 and 20933007), the Opening Project of Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices (XJYS0901-2010-01), the Academic Award for Young Graduate Scholar of Soochow University, and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

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    Zhangquan Yao, Ruirui Yue, Fengxing Jiang, Chunyang Zhai, Fangfang Ren & Yukou Du

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Yao, Z., Yue, R., Jiang, F. et al. Electrochemical-reduced graphene oxide-modified carbon fiber as Pt–Au nanoparticle support and its high efficient electrocatalytic activity for formic acid oxidation. J Solid State Electrochem 17, 2511–2519 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-013-2130-3

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