Preparation and catalytic activity of CO-resistant catalyst core-shell Au@Pt/C for methanol oxidation

摘要

Au@Pt core-shell nanoparticles were successfully synthesized by a successive reduction method and then assembled on Vulcan XC-72 carbon surface.Furthermore,its composition,morphology,structure,and activity towards methanol oxidation were characterized by UV-vis spectrometry,transmission electron microscopy (TEM),high-resolution TEM (HRTEM),X-ray diffraction (XRD),X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS),and cyclic voltammetry (CV).Results reveal that Au@Pt/C catalyst has better activity towards methanol oxidation than the pure platinum prepared under the same conditions.When the atomic ratio of Au to Pt in the prepared Au@Pt/C catalyst is 1∶2,this catalyst exhibits best electrocatalytic activity towards methanol oxidation in acidic media,and the peak current density on this catalyst is ～2.0times higher than that on Pt/C catalyst.The better catalytic activity of Au@Pt/C results from its better resistance to toxic CO than Pt/C because the CO oxidation on Au@Pt/C is 60 mV more negative than the case on Pt/C.