Pd微纳米粒子在石墨烯/聚酰亚胺薄膜上的电沉积及其电催化氧化甲酸（英文）

Pd micro-nanoparticles electrodeposited on graphene/polyimide membrane for electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid

利用电化学沉积法在柔韧的石墨烯/聚酰亚胺(Gr/PI)复合膜上制备一种新的花状、微纳结构的Pd电催化剂。作为对比研究,同时在羧基化碳纳米管/聚酰亚胺(COOH-CNTs/PI)上制备Pd微纳米粒子催化剂。对合成的Pd/Gr/PI和Pd/COOH-CNTs/PI进行X射线衍射(XRD)和扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分析。XRD和SEM分析结果表明:当沉积条件相同时,相对于在COOH-CNTs/PI膜上制备的Pd微纳米粒子,在Gr/PI复合膜上电沉积得到的Pd微纳米粒子尺寸更小,分布密度更大,且分布更均匀。通过循环伏安法(CV)和计时电流法(CA)研究这两种催化剂对甲酸的电催化氧化性能。结果表明:在Gr/PI电极上沉积得到的Pd的催化效率更高、稳定性更好。这是由于在Gr/PI电极上沉积得到的Pd颗粒尺寸更小,分布密度更大,催化活性点位更多,因而对甲酸的催化氧化效果更好。

A novel Pd electrocatalyst with flowerlike micro-nanostructures was synthesized by electrochemical deposition on a flexible graphene/polyimide（Gr/PI） composite membrane and characterized by scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,X-ray diffraction（XRD）.The Pd micro-nanoparticles were prepared on a COOH-CNTs/PI membrane as a comparative sample.The XRD and SEM investigations for Pd electrodeposition demonstrate that the particle size of Gr/PI composite membrane is smaller than that of COOH-CNTs/PI membrane,while the uniform and dense distribution of Pd micro-nanoparticles on the Gr/PI composite membrane is greater than that on the COOH-CNTs/PI membrane.The electrocatalytic properties of Pd/Gr/PI and Pd/COOH-CNTs/PI catalysts for the oxidation of formic acid were investigated by cyclic voltammetry（CV） and chronoamperometry（CA）.It is found that the electrocatalytic activity and stability of Pd/Gr/PI are superior to those of Pd/COOH-CNTs/PI catalyst.This is because smaller metal particles and higher dense distribution desirably provide abundant catalytic sites and mean higher catalytic activity.Therefore,the Pd/Gr/PI catalyst has better catalytic performance for formic acid oxidation than the Pd/COOH-CNTs/PI catalyst.