| Butylphenyl-functionalized Pt nanoparticles as CO-resistant electrocatalysts for formic acid oxidation. | |
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PMID: 22159142 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Butylphenyl-functionalized Pt nanoparticles (Pt-BP) with an average core diameter of 2.93 ± 0.49 nm were synthesized by the co-reduction of butylphenyl diazonium salt and H(2)PtCl(4). Cyclic voltammetric studies of the Pt-BP nanoparticles showed a much less pronounced hysteresis between the oxidation currents of formic acid in the forward and reverse scans, as compared to that on naked Pt surfaces. Electrochemical in situ FTIR studies confirmed that no adsorbed CO, a poisoning intermediate, was generated on the Pt-BP nanoparticle surface. These results suggest that functionalization of the Pt nanoparticles by butylphenyl fragments effectively blocked the CO poisoning pathway, most probably through third-body effects, and hence led to an apparent improvement of the electrocatalytic activity in formic acid oxidation. |
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Zhi-You Zhou; Jie Ren; Xiongwu Kang; Yang Song; Shi-Gang Sun; Shaowei Chen |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-9 |
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Title: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Volume: - ISSN: 1463-9084 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2011-12-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100888160 Medline TA: Phys Chem Chem Phys Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA. shaowei@ucsc.edu. |
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