石墨烯
材料科学
氧化物
电催化剂
化学工程
电解质
钯
氧化石墨烯纸
纳米技术
纳米颗粒
电极
催化作用
电化学
化学
有机化学
物理化学
工程类
冶金
作者
Xiaoyu Qiu,Ping Wu,Lin Xu,Yawen Tang,Jongmin Lee
标识
DOI:10.1002/admi.201500321
摘要
Graphene has served widely as a support material for noble metal nanoparticle electrocatalysts in fuel cells. During the synthesis of electrocatalysts, however, the intense stacking and folding of graphene nanosheets decreases the utilization and activity of electrocatalysts, owing to the following aspects: i) the noble metal wrapped by the winding graphene cannot be fully utilized; ii) the structural destruction of graphene decreases the specific surface area and increases electrical resistance; and iii) the hydrophobicity and wrinkles of graphene greatly increase the mass transfer resistance of fuel molecules and electrolytes. In this work, 3D graphene oxide hollow nanospheres are designed to minimize wrinkles, maximize specific surface area, and realize the regular clipping of 2D graphene oxide. The 3D‐reduced graphene oxide hollow nanosphere supported Pd‐network nanohybrids (3D‐RGO/Pd‐NWs) are then obtained using 3D graphene oxide hollow nanospheres as a reaction precursor. The skeleton of 3D‐RGO not only acts as an exclusive inner conducting shell to promote electron and ion kinetics but is also crucial for enhancing the permeation of fuel molecules and electrolytes. Therefore, 3D‐RGO/Pd‐NWs exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity and durability for the formic oxidation reaction in an acidic medium compared to 2D graphene supported Pd nanoparticles and commercial Pd/C electrocatalysts.
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