关键词: 电催化作用, 甲醇氧化, 电化学FTIR, 纳米多孔PtRuIr

Abstract: In recent years much effort has been put towards developing efficient Pt-based electrocatalysts for applications in fuel cells. With the rising cost of precious metals such as Pt,the need to enhance the activity and to decrease the load of catalysts is prominent. Herein we report on the synthesis and comparative study of nanoporous Pt,PtRu and PtRuIr electrocatalysts. The nanoporous electrodes were fabricated using a hydrothermal method and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ,energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) ,X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) . The electrocatalytic activity of the fabricated nanopo- rous materials was evaluated using both CO stripping experiments and methanol oxidation reactions,revealing that the addition of Ir greatly improved the activity of the nanoporous PtRu. To decipher the origin of the significant enhancement,in-situ electrochemical FTIR spectroscopy was employed to study the oxidation of methanol on the nanoporous Pt,PtRu and PtRuIr electrodes.

Key words: electrocatalysis, methanol oxidation, electrochemical FTIR, nanoporous PtRuIr