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dc.contributor.authorYuan, W.
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Y.
dc.contributor.authorShen, P.
dc.contributor.authorLi, C.
dc.contributor.authorJiang, San Ping
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:59:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:59:00Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:09:23Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationYuan, W. and Cheng, Y. and Shen, P. and Li, C. and Jiang, S.P. 2015. Significance of wall number on the carbon nanotube support-promoted electrocatalytic activity of Pt NPs towards methanol/formic acid oxidation reactions in direct alcohol fuel cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 3 (5): pp. 1961-1971.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37013
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c4ta04613g
dc.description.abstract

For the first time it has been demonstrated that number of walls in pristine carbon nanotube (CNT) supports has significant effects on the electrocatalytic activity of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) towards methanol and formic acid oxidation reactions in alkaline solution, showing a distinctive volcano-type dependence of the catalytic performance on the number of walls of CNTs. In this study, Pt NPs of a similar size were uniformly self-assembled on CNTs with different numbers of walls and outer diameters to be used as model catalysts. The electrocatalytic activity and stability of Pt NPs showed distinctive volcano-type curves as a function of the number of walls with the best results being obtained using CNTs with an average of 7 walls. Such an unusual promotion effect can be ascribed predominantly to the high affinity of oxygen-containing species such as OHads, which facilitate the removal of adsorbed CO species and promote fast electron transfer between the outer walls and the inner tubes of CNTs, most likely through electron tunneling under the electrochemical polarization driving force. This study demonstrates the new possibility of tailoring the electrocatalytic properties of precious metal catalysts via altering the electronic and quantum transport properties of their CNT supports.

dc.publisherRoyal Society of Chemistry
dc.titleSignificance of wall number on the carbon nanotube support-promoted electrocatalytic activity of Pt NPs towards methanol/formic acid oxidation reactions in direct alcohol fuel cells
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume3
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage1961
dcterms.source.endPage1971
dcterms.source.issn2050-7488
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Materials Chemistry A
curtin.departmentFuels and Energy Technology Institute
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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