Uniformly dispersed carbon-supported bimetallic ruthenium–platinum electrocatalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction
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Reducing the Pt-based electrocatalysts to sub-nanometer sizes is an effective way to achieve high utilization of noble metals. Herein, we report a successive route to synthesize carbon-supported bimetallic ruthenium–platinum electrocatalysts (Ru–Pt/C) with uniform dispersion and fine sizes. In this strategy, carbon-supported Ru nanoparticles (Ru/C) with a mean size of 1.4 nm are firstly prepared in a mixture of ethylene glycol and water, and the Pt precursors are then reduced in the presence of pre-formed Ru/C. The average diameter of the bimetallic Ru–Pt particles on carbon supports is 1.9 nm, which corresponds to one to two Pt layers deposited on the surface of Ru seeds. The as-prepared bimetallic Ru–Pt/C electrocatalysts are analyzed by the CO stripping voltammetry, a diagnostic electrochemical tool. Compared with the commercial PtRu/C catalyst and the control PtRu/C prepared by a conventional co-reduction method, the bimetallic Ru–Pt/C has higher electrochemical surface area (92.5 m2 g−1) and mass activity (483 A g−1) for methanol oxidation reaction. The strategy reported in this study is effective to produce fine bimetallic Ru–Pt particles (less than 2.0 nm) with uniform dispersion and high activity.
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OpenAlex topics: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion · Catalytic Processes in Materials Science · Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
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