Abstract
Highly active Pt-decorated Au nanoparticles on carbon support with Pt:Au mole ratio ranging from 1:10 to 1:2 was successfully synthesized based on successive reduction strategy. The successful formation of this structure was suggested by transmission electron microscopy, UV–vis and voltammetry analyses. The electrocatalytic activity of this decorated structure toward formic acid oxidation surprisingly increases despite the low amount of Pt being used. At 0.1 V, the specific activity of PtAu/C with Pt/Au mole ratio 1:8 was more than one order of magnitude higher than the conventional Pt/C. The enhancement was attributed to the less Pt ensemble sites that the decorated structure possesses (ensemble effect) and the increase in the Pt atom reactivity on Au nanocrystal. The formic acid oxidation mechanism on this decorated structure was also elucidated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy technique. It is proposed that besides the dehydrogenation reaction pathway happening on clean Pt sites, the reactive intermediate i.e. formate species could also be oxidized by the adsorbed water species on Pt at higher potential.
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