Issue 56, 2016

Highly poison-resistant Pt nanocrystals on 3D graphene toward efficient methanol oxidation

Abstract

Highly poison-resistant and uniformly ultrasmall Pt nanocrystals on 3D graphene are synthesized using reductive sugars derived from pectin hydrolysis, and showed a much greater stability and better electrocatalytic activity than the commercial Pt/C toward methanol oxidation. The highly poison-resistant mechanism is mainly attributed to the electrostatic repelling effect between the remanent pectin modified on the Pt surface and the adsorbed poison reactive intermediate species such as carboxy (–COOH)ad during the methanol oxidation reaction. This work provides great promise for an anode catalyst for direct methanol fuel cells through a green synthetic approach.

Graphical abstract: Highly poison-resistant Pt nanocrystals on 3D graphene toward efficient methanol oxidation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Mas 2016
Accepted
12 Mey 2016
First published
13 Mey 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 50726-50731

Highly poison-resistant Pt nanocrystals on 3D graphene toward efficient methanol oxidation

L. Y. Zhang, W. Zhang, Z. Zhao, Z. Liu, Z. Zhou and C. M. Li, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 50726 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA06517A

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