A nanoporous Pt particles-modified Ti （nanoPt/Ti） electrode was prepared through a simple hydrothennal method using aqueous H2PtC16 as a precursor and formaldehyde as a reduction agent. The nanoPt/Ti electrode was t...A nanoporous Pt particles-modified Ti （nanoPt/Ti） electrode was prepared through a simple hydrothennal method using aqueous H2PtC16 as a precursor and formaldehyde as a reduction agent. The nanoPt/Ti electrode was then modified with limited amounts of tin particles generated by cyclic potential scans in the range of -0.20 to 0.50 V in a 0.01 mol,L 1 SnCI2 solution, to synthesize a Sn-modified nanoporous Pt catalyst （SrdnanoPt/Ti）. Electroactivity of the nanoPt/Ti and Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrodes towards formaldehyde oxidation in a 0.5 moloL-I H2804 solution was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. Electrooxidation of formaldehyde on the nanoPt/Ti electrode takes place at a potential of 0.45 V and then presents high anodic current densities due to the large real surface area of the nanoPt/Ti electrode. The formaldehyde oxidation rate is dramatically increased on the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode at the most negative potentials, where anodic formaldehyde oxidation is completely suppressed on the nanoPt/Ti electrode. Chronoamperogramms （CA） of the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode display stable and large quasisteady state current densities at more negative potential steps. Amperometric data obtained at a potential step of 100 mV show a linear dependence of the current density for formaldehyde oxidation upon formaldehyde concentration in the range of 0.003 to 0.1 mol.L-l with a sensitivity of 59.29 mA^cm-2 （mol,L-l）-1. A detection limit of 0.506 mmol.L-l formaldehyde was found. The superior electroactivity of the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode for formaldehyde oxidation can be illustrated by a socalled bifunctional mechanism which is involved in the oxidation of poisoning adsorbed CO species via the surface reaction with OH adsorbed on neighboring Sn sites.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 20876038）, Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China and Xiangtan Natural Science United Foundation of China （No. 10JJ9003） and the Planned Science and Technology Project of Hunan Province, China （No. 2009GK3084）.
文摘A nanoporous Pt particles-modified Ti （nanoPt/Ti） electrode was prepared through a simple hydrothennal method using aqueous H2PtC16 as a precursor and formaldehyde as a reduction agent. The nanoPt/Ti electrode was then modified with limited amounts of tin particles generated by cyclic potential scans in the range of -0.20 to 0.50 V in a 0.01 mol,L 1 SnCI2 solution, to synthesize a Sn-modified nanoporous Pt catalyst （SrdnanoPt/Ti）. Electroactivity of the nanoPt/Ti and Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrodes towards formaldehyde oxidation in a 0.5 moloL-I H2804 solution was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. Electrooxidation of formaldehyde on the nanoPt/Ti electrode takes place at a potential of 0.45 V and then presents high anodic current densities due to the large real surface area of the nanoPt/Ti electrode. The formaldehyde oxidation rate is dramatically increased on the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode at the most negative potentials, where anodic formaldehyde oxidation is completely suppressed on the nanoPt/Ti electrode. Chronoamperogramms （CA） of the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode display stable and large quasisteady state current densities at more negative potential steps. Amperometric data obtained at a potential step of 100 mV show a linear dependence of the current density for formaldehyde oxidation upon formaldehyde concentration in the range of 0.003 to 0.1 mol.L-l with a sensitivity of 59.29 mA^cm-2 （mol,L-l）-1. A detection limit of 0.506 mmol.L-l formaldehyde was found. The superior electroactivity of the Sn/nanoPt/Ti electrode for formaldehyde oxidation can be illustrated by a socalled bifunctional mechanism which is involved in the oxidation of poisoning adsorbed CO species via the surface reaction with OH adsorbed on neighboring Sn sites.
