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Study of niobium and tantalum doped titania-supported Pt electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Keith Scott

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Abstract

Niobium and tantalum doped TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared as catalyst substrates by an improved sol-gel method. Catalysts consisting of 20 wt.% Pt supported on these substrates were synthesised and studied for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Results indicated that the support materials had an average particle size of 26 nm and that the dopants were evenly distributed in the TiO2. The catalysts were also investigated with a range of electrochemical analyses and benchmarked against pure TiO2 nanoparticles and carbon-supported Pt catalysts with the same composition. The samples showed dramatically better stability than the carbon-supported Pt catalysts in an accelerated degradation test (ADT) under various experimental conditions. The MOR activities of these samples were also increased due to the presence of oxide material substrates, which provide active sites at lower potentials. Thus, the Nb and Ta doped TiO2-supported Pt catalysts were found to be promising methanol oxidation catalysts in terms of their catalytic activity and stability.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Liu XT, Wu X, Scott K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Catalysis Science & Technology

Year: 2014

Volume: 4

Issue: 11

Pages: 3891-3898

Print publication date: 01/11/2014

Online publication date: 29/05/2014

Acceptance date: 29/05/2014

ISSN (print): 2044-4753

ISSN (electronic): 2044-4761

Publisher: RSC Publications

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c4cy00393d

DOI: 10.1039/c4cy00393d


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EP/I037024/1EPSRC

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