• 文献标题:   Nano Conductive Ceramic Wedged Graphene Composites as Highly Efficient Metal Supports for Oxygen Reduction
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU P, LV HF, PENG T, HE DP, MU SC
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Wuhan Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep03968
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

A novel conductive ceramic/graphene nanocomposite is prepared to prohibit the re-stacking of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) by wedging zirconium diboride (ZrB2) nanoparticles (NPs) into multiple layer nanosheets using a simple solvothermal method. Surprisingly, the RGO/ZrB2 nanocomposite supported Pt NPs shows very excellent catalytic activity. Its electrochemical surface area (ECSA) is up to 148 m(2)g(-1) (very approaches the geometry surface area of 155 m(2)g(-1)), much greater than that of the previous report (usually less than 100 m(2)g(-1)). The mass activity is as high as 16.8 A/g(-1), which is almost 2 times and 5 times that of Pt/RGO (8.6 A/g(-1)) and Pt/C (3.2 A/g(-1)), respectively, as benchmarks. Moreover, after 4000 cycles the catalyst shows only 61% of ECSA loss, meaning a predominantly electrochemical stability. The remarkably improved electrochemical properties with much high Pt utilization of the new catalyst show a promising application in low temperature fuel cells and broader fields.