Excellent performance of Pt-C/TiO2 for methanol oxidation: contribution of mesopores and partially coated carbon

Xinbing Wu, Wei Zhuang, Linghong Lu, Licheng Li, Jiahua Zhu, Liwen Mu, Wei Li, Yudan Zhu, Xiaohua Lu

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Abstract

Partial deposition of carbon onto mesoporous TiO2 (C/TiO2) were prepared as supporting substrate for Pt catalyst development. Carbon deposition is achieved by in-situ carbonization of furfuryl alcohol. The hybrid catalysts were characterized by XRD, Raman, SEM and TEM and exhibited outstanding catalytic activity and stability in methanol oxidation reaction. The heterogeneous carbon coated on mesoporous TiO2 fibers provided excellent electrical conductivity and strong interfacial interaction between TiO2 support and Pt metal nanoparticles. Methanol oxidation reaction results showed that the activity of Pt-C/TiO2 is 3.0 and 1.5 times higher than that of Pt-TiO2 and Pt-C, respectively. In addition, the Pt-C/TiO2 exhibited a 6.7 times enhanced stability compared with Pt-C after 2000 cycles. The synergistic effect of C/TiO2 is responsible for the enhanced activity of Pt-C/TiO2, and its excellent durability could be ascribed to the strong interfacial interaction between Pt nanoparticles and C/TiO2 support.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)890-896
Number of pages7
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume426
Early online date29 Jul 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2017

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