Tailoring electrocatalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles grown on Ti3C2Tx MXene surface
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2019-01-28Author
Filip, JaroslavZavahir, Sifani
Lorencova, Lenka
Bertok, Tomas
Yousaf, Ammar Bin
Mahmoud, Khaled A.
Tkac, Jan
Kasak, Peter
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In this work, the spontaneous and NaBH4-induced reduction of chloroplatinic acid on the surface of Ti3C2TX MXene was investigated to synthesize a hybrid PtNP-decorated MXene nanomaterial (MX-Pt) with potential as hydrogen evolution (HER) or oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalyst properties. The initial Pt concentration, reduction time and presence of additional reducing agents were varied, and as-synthesized nanocomposites were characterized thoroughly by XRD, EDX, SEM and XPS analysis and by electrochemical methods. Composites containing 14 wt% Pt showed HER with an onset potential of −75.9 mV and a current density of −10 mA cm−2 achieved at −226 mV. The spontaneous deposition of PtNPs on MXene improved the electrocatalytic properties over using an external reducing agent to form PtNP, which was explained based on the different rates of oxidation of Ti in the initial MXene support. Furthermore, good stability of the electrode modified by the MX-Pt was achieved without any polymeric binder and the HER reaction achieved only a negligible decrease over 3 000 potentiodynamic cycles.
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