Highly dispersed CoP<sub><i>x</i></sub> nanoparticles supported on carbon cloth for the enhanced catalytic performance of methanol electro-oxidation

ZHANG Jian-yuan; XING Shuang-feng; ZHAO Shi-chao; XIONG Mi; ZHANG Bian-qin; TONG Xi-li; QIN Yong; GAO Zhe

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ZHANG Jian-yuan, XING Shuang-feng, ZHAO Shi-chao, XIONG Mi, ZHANG Bian-qin, TONG Xi-li, QIN Yong, GAO Zhe. Highly dispersed CoPx nanoparticles supported on carbon cloth for the enhanced catalytic performance of methanol electro-oxidation[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1270-1277. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60040-9

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ZHANG Jian-yuan, XING Shuang-feng, ZHAO Shi-chao, XIONG Mi, ZHANG Bian-qin, TONG Xi-li, QIN Yong, GAO Zhe. Highly dispersed CoP_x nanoparticles supported on carbon cloth for the enhanced catalytic performance of methanol electro-oxidation[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(10): 1270-1277. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60040-9

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Highly dispersed CoP_x nanoparticles supported on carbon cloth for the enhanced catalytic performance of methanol electro-oxidation

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60040-9

ZHANG Jian-yuan^{1, 2},
XING Shuang-feng^{1, 2},
ZHAO Shi-chao¹,
XIONG Mi^{1, 2},
ZHANG Bian-qin^{1, 2},
TONG Xi-li¹,
QIN Yong¹,
GAO Zhe^{1
,
,}

1.
State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiyuan 030001, China
2.
Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2020YFA0210902 and 2017YFA0700101), National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1932131 and U1832208), National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (21825204), and Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018208).

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Corresponding author: E-mail: gaozhe@sxicc.ac.cn
Received Date: 2022-03-04
Accepted Date: 2022-03-25
Rev Recd Date: 2022-03-25

Available Online: 2022-06-22

Publish Date: 2022-10-31

Abstract

Abstract

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is a potential commercial fuel cell technology that is presently hindered by the expensive noble metal materials of the anode. Developing a method to obtain a uniformly dispersed metal phosphide catalyst with narrow size distribution is still a challenge. In this work, cobalt oxide was deposited on carbon cloth (CC) through atomic layer deposition (ALD), then cobalt phosphide was obtained after the phosphorization process. By changing the number of ALD-based ozone pulses (ALD-O₃) for CC, the nucleation and growth modes of cobalt oxide (ALD-CoO_x) on the CC were regulated, and CoP_x nanoparticles with small particle size and uniform distribution were obtained. The optimized CoP_x-based catalyst with 40 cycles of ALD-O₃ treatment (CoP_x/40-CC) exhibits excellent activity (153 mA/cm²) toward methanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in the alkaline solution, which is higher than the catalyst prepared by impregnation (Imp-CoP_x/CC), although the CoP_x loading of CoP_x/40-CC is lower than that of Imp-CoP_x/CC. The results indicate that the enhanced activity benefits from the small particle size and the uniform CoP_x distribution, which promote the electron-transfer and mass transport kinetics of the methanol electro-oxidation process.
- atomic layer deposition,
- cobalt phosphide nanoparticles,
- methanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction

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