Covalent hybridization of thiolated graphene sheet and platinum nanoparticles for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction

J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2012 Nov;12(11):8349-55. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2012.6674.

Abstract

A covalently bonded thiolated graphene sheet-supported platinum electrocatalyst (GOS-Pt) has synthesized for electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in neutral media. The catalyst's structural features are characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Its activity towards the ORR has investigated by using cyclic voltammetry (CV), rotating disk electrode (RDE), and rotating ring disk electrode (RRDE) in 0.1 mol l(-1) phosphate buffer solution (PBS) at pH 7, which is also used to assess the catalyst's kinetic parameters. On a glassy carbon electrode (GCE), the catalyst shows a significant catalytic activity, with its electrocatalysis of O2 reduction occurring via four-electron transfer reduction to H2O with minimal generation of H2O2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Catalysis
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Materials Testing
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Microelectrodes
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Platinum / chemistry*
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry*
  • Water / chemistry*

Substances

  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Water
  • Platinum
  • Graphite
  • Oxygen