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- Title
Electrochemical activities of platinum-decorated multi-wall carbon nanotube/chitosan composites for the oxidations of alcohols.
- Authors
Khaleghian-Moghadam, Roghayeh; Noroozifar, Meissam; Khorasani-Motlagh, Mozhgan; Ekrami-Kakhki, Mehri-Saddat
- Abstract
Electrooxidation of alcohols including methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol is studied on the modified solid glassy carbon electrodes with various amounts of platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) immobilized on a composite of functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and chitosan in an acidic solution. Here the chitosan is available as a binder to tightly anchor Pt nanoparticles onto the MWCNTs surfaces. MWCNTs/chitosan composite support can significantly improve the activity of the catalyst for alcohol oxidation and reduce the Pt catalyst loading. The calculated electrochemical active surface area is 379.2 m/g Pt for PtNP-MWCNT/chitosan. Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry techniques are employed for catalytic activity evaluation. The effects of operational parameters including platinum loading, concentration of the corresponding alcohol, concentration of the acid solution, scanning rate, and the final limit of anodic potential on the performance of the electrodes are also investigated.
- Subjects
ELECTRIC properties of carbon nanotubes; ELECTROLYTIC oxidation; CARBON electrodes; ELECTROCHEMICAL analysis; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM
- Publication
Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2013, Vol 17, Issue 3, p643
- ISSN
1432-8488
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10008-012-1908-z