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Carbon Supported Platinum-Molybdenum Alloy Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2021.23165
Natarajan Manivannan
Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021, India ; Reliance Industries Limited, Reliance Corporate Park, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai-400701, India
Vijai Shankar Balachandran
Reliance Industries Limited, Reliance Corporate Park, Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai-400701, India
V.S. Vasantha
Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625021, India

Corresponding Author(s) : V.S. Vasantha

vasantham999@yahoo.co.in

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 33 No. 5 (2021): Vol 33 Issue 5, 2021

Abstract

Fuel cells are gaining importance in the emerging area of power generation. However, sluggishness of the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and usage of expensive electrocatalysts are hindering its widespread application. Hence, an effort has been made in the present study to synthesize efficient electrocatalysts based on Pt-Mo alloys with varying atomic ratios (0-100 at. %) by thermal decomposition method. The synthesized samples were characterized using XRD, SEM, TEM and XPS techniques. The electrocatalytic activity for ORR was measured using cyclic voltammetry and rotating disk electrode for all the samples and Pt-Mo (1:1) electrocatalyst performed better among the synthesized electrocatalysts with ORR current density of 63 mA/cm2 at an applied potential of 0.6 V vs. Hg/HgSO4. The present study suggests that Pt-Mo studied are proven to be a superior catalyst than a costly Pt catalyst with high ORR activity.

Keywords

Oxygen reduction reaction Hydrogen oxidation reaction Lattice constant Platinum Molybdenum
Manivannan, N., Shankar Balachandran, V., & Vasantha, V. (2021). Carbon Supported Platinum-Molybdenum Alloy Nanoparticles for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 33(5), 1153–1158. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2021.23165
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