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One-step synthesis of carbon-supported electrocatalysts.

ABSTRACT: Cost-efficiency, durability, and reliability of catalysts, as well as their operational lifetime, are the main challenges in chemical energy conversion. Here, we present a novel, one-step approach for the synthesis of Pt/C hybrid material by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD). The platinum loading, degree of oxidation, and the very narrow particle size distribution are precisely adjusted in the Pt/C hybrid material due to the simultaneous deposition of platinum and carbon during the process. The as-synthesized Pt/C hybrid materials are promising electrocatalysts for use in fuel cell applications as they show significantly improved electrochemical long-term stability compared to the industrial standard HiSPEC 4000. The PE-CVD process is furthermore expected to be extendable to the general deposition of metal-containing carbon materials from other commercially available metal acetylacetonate precursors.

SUBMITTER: Tigges S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509379 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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One-step synthesis of carbon-supported electrocatalysts.

Tigges Sebastian S Wöhrl Nicolas N Radev Ivan I Hagemann Ulrich U Heidelmann Markus M Nguyen Thai Binh TB Gorelkov Stanislav S Schulz Stephan S Lorke Axel A

Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 20200917

Cost-efficiency, durability, and reliability of catalysts, as well as their operational lifetime, are the main challenges in chemical energy conversion. Here, we present a novel, one-step approach for the synthesis of Pt/C hybrid material by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD). The platinum loading, degree of oxidation, and the very narrow particle size distribution are precisely adjusted in the Pt/C hybrid material due to the simultaneous deposition of platinum and carbon during ...[more]

PMID: 33014682

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