Abstract
We report the electrodics of methanol oxidation on Pt-multiwalled carbon nanotube composites (Pt-f-MWCNTs), prepared by γ-radiolysis of K2PtCl6 in the presence of HOOC-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The electrocatalytic activity for the methanol oxidation was studied using cyclic and linear sweep voltammetric techniques on the stationary indium tin oxide and rotating gold disc electrodes, respectively. Higher values of oxidative (anodic) current were obtained using Pt-f-MWCNTs compared to the polycrystalline Pt electrode. This phenomenon is attributed to the synergistic effect of oxy groups on MWCNTs, which alleviate CO poisoning. The electrodics of the reaction at various temperatures was studied using linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) on a rotating disc gold electrode, modified with the composite. From the Koutecky-Levich plots, the standard rate constant (k0) was determined to be 7.9±1.9×10−8cms−1.
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