CN108767268B - Preparation method and application of Cu nanorod-structured catalyst - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a Cu nano rod-shaped catalyst, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (1) preparation of CuxZryNizAn amorphous alloy thin strip, wherein x is more than or equal to 25 and less than or equal to 45, y is more than or equal to 20 and less than or equal to 40, z is more than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 45, and x + y + z is equal to 100; (2) corroding the prepared amorphous alloy strip in hydrofluoric acid solution at a certain temperature for a certain time by using a chemical dealloying method, repeatedly soaking and cleaning the amorphous alloy strip by using deionized water and absolute ethyl alcohol, and drying the amorphous alloy strip to obtain a thin strip with a Cu nano rod-shaped structure on the surface, wherein the thin strip can be directly used as a catalytic electrode. The material prepared by the invention is used for a direct methanol fuel cell anode catalyst, and the current density of the methanol oxidation peak in 1mol/L methanol and 1mol/L potassium hydroxide solution reaches 250mA cm‑2The catalyst has excellent catalytic performance and stability, does not contain noble metal elements, and has simple preparation process.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of nano materials and electrochemical sensors, and particularly relates to CuxZryNizThe method for preparing the Cu nano rod-shaped electrode by using the amorphous alloy thin strip as a precursor and a chemical dealloying method and the application of the electrode on the anode catalyst of the methanol fuel cell.
Background
Direct methanol fuel cells have been used as an excellent energy converter for flexible electronic devices due to their excellent characteristics of high energy density, high conversion efficiency, convenience in transportation, low pollutant emissions, etc. The oxidation of methanol to carbon dioxide requires a catalyst, which here mainly serves two purposes: one is to promote the cleavage of the C-H bond; secondly, the generated residue is promoted to react with some oxygen-containing groups to generate carbon dioxide. During the oxidation of methanol, the intermediate carbon monoxide formed will bind linearly to the anode, poisoning the anode and thus reducing the active sites of the catalyst. Therefore, to effectively catalyze methanol oxidation, it is important to select a good catalyst.
The Cu catalytic electrode with the nano structure has wide application prospect in the aspects of direct methanol anode catalysts and the like due to the large specific surface area and the relatively low price of copper metal. The chemical dealloying method has the characteristics of simple equipment, simple and convenient operation, low cost, strong controllability and the like. Compared with crystalline alloy, the amorphous alloy has no crystal characteristics such as crystal boundary, segregation and the like, has uniform components, and can be used as a more ideal precursor of a chemical dealloying method to prepare a nanostructure material.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem is as follows: the invention aims to provide a preparation method and application of a Cu nanorod-shaped catalyst. The method has simple process, low manufacturing cost, simple operation and easy control of conditions, is easy for industrialized mass production, and can be directly used as the anode catalytic electrode of the methanol fuel cell.
The technical scheme is as follows: the preparation method of the Cu nanorod structure catalyst comprises the following steps of:
step 1: mixing raw materials of pure Cu, pure Zr and pure Ni evenly, and preparing the Cu by utilizing a vacuum arc furnace and high vacuum melt-spun equipmentxZryNizAn amorphous alloy thin strip;
step 2: the obtained CuxZryNizPlacing the amorphous alloy thin strip in hydrofluoric acid solution, and placing at 40-60 ℃ for chemical dealloying;
and step 3: the obtained dealloyed CuxZryNizAnd taking out the amorphous alloy thin strip, repeatedly soaking and cleaning the amorphous alloy thin strip by using deionized water and alcohol in sequence, and drying to obtain the Cu nano rod-shaped catalyst.
Wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the step 1 specifically comprises the following steps:
step 1.1: according to CuxZryNizWeighing the Cu, Zr and Ni element materials according to the target components, and uniformly mixing to obtain a smelting raw material, wherein the purity of each element material is more than 99.9%; wherein x, y and z respectively correspond to the atomic percentage of each alloy element, wherein x is more than or equal to 25 and less than or equal to 45, y is more than or equal to 20 and less than or equal to 40, z is more than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 45, and x + y + z is 100;
step 1.2: putting the smelting raw material obtained in the step 1.1 into a vacuum arc smelting furnace, smelting under the argon protective atmosphere, continuously smelting after the raw material is molten, stopping heating to enable the alloy to be cooled to be solidified along with a crucible, turning the alloy over, repeatedly smelting, and cooling to obtain a master alloy ingot with uniform components;
step 1.3: crushing the mother alloy ingot obtained in the step 1.2 into small pieces, putting the small pieces of alloy ingot into a quartz tube with an opening diameter of 1-2 mm, placing the quartz tube into an induction coil of vacuum melt-spinning equipment for fixing, adjusting the distance between the quartz tube and a copper roller, closing a cavity, and pumping the cavity to ensure that the vacuum degree of the cavity is less than or equal to 5 multiplied by 10-3Pa, filling inert gas argon as a protective atmosphere, and adjusting the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the cavity;
step 1.4: melting alloy blocks by adopting induction melting, and spraying alloy liquid in a molten state onto a copper roller rotating at a high speed by utilizing pressure difference to obtain an amorphous alloy thin belt; the smelting temperature is 950-1150 ℃.
The concentration of the hydrofluoric acid solution is 0.8-1.2 mol/L.
The standing time at 40-60 ℃ is 5-72 hours.
The time for continuously smelting the raw materials after the raw materials are melted is 3-8 minutes.
The repeated smelting times are 3-5 times.
The linear speed of the copper roller rotating at a high speed is 25-30 m/s.
In the step 3, the drying is natural drying at room temperature.
The diameter of the Cu nanorod structure obtained in the step 3 is 100-160 nm, and the length of the Cu nanorod structure is 400-480 nm.
The Cu nanorod structure catalyst prepared by the method is applied to a methanol fuel cell anode catalyst.
Has the advantages that: in CuxZryNizThe Cu nanometer rod-shaped structure material prepared on the amorphous alloy thin strip can be directly used as an anode catalytic electrode of a methanol fuel cell.
Compared with other metal nanostructure preparation methods, the method has the advantages of simple process, low manufacturing cost, simple operation, easy control of conditions and easy industrial large-scale production.
The Cu nanorod-shaped electrode prepared by the method can be used for directly catalyzing the oxidation of methanol in an alkaline environment, and has high catalytic performance and stability.
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FIG. 1 is an XRD spectrum of a thin amorphous alloy strip prepared in the first example.
FIG. 2 is an XRD spectrum of the amorphous alloy thin strip after chemical dealloying in the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) photograph of the strip surface after dealloying in one embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a cyclic voltammogram of the Cu nanorod structured catalyst prepared in example one in a mixed solution of 1.0mol/L methanol and 1.0mol/L potassium hydroxide.
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The invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following examples and the accompanying drawings.
The first embodiment is as follows: the preparation method of the Cu nanorod architecture material in this embodiment is as follows:
step 1: according to Cu30Zr30Ni40Weighing Cu, Zr and Ni with the purity of 99.9 percent according to target components, and uniformly mixing to obtain a smelting raw material;
step 2: putting the smelting raw material obtained in the step 1 into a vacuum arc smelting furnace, smelting under the argon protective atmosphere, continuously smelting for 3-8 minutes after the raw material is molten, stopping heating to enable the alloy to be cooled along with a crucible to be solidified, turning the alloy over, repeatedly smelting for 3-5 times, and cooling to obtain a master alloy ingot with uniform components;
and step 3: crushing the mother alloy ingot obtained in the step 2 into small pieces, putting the small pieces of alloy ingot into a quartz tube with an opening diameter of 1-2 mm, placing the quartz tube into an induction coil of vacuum melt-spinning equipment for fixing, adjusting the distance between the quartz tube and a copper roller, closing a cavity, and pumping the cavity to ensure that the vacuum degree of the cavity is less than or equal to 5 multiplied by 10-3Pa, filling inert gas argon as a protective atmosphere, and adjusting the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the cavity;
and 4, step 4: melting alloy blocks by adopting induction melting, and spraying alloy liquid in a molten state onto a copper roller rotating at a high speed by utilizing pressure difference to obtain an amorphous alloy thin belt; the smelting temperature is 1100 ℃, and the linear speed of the copper roller is 25 m/s; the XRD pattern of the prepared amorphous alloy thin strip is shown in figure 1, and a remarkably broadened dispersion diffraction peak can be seen from the pattern, and a crystal diffraction peak is absent, so that the alloy thin strip is of an amorphous structure;
and 5: cu obtained in the step 430Zr30Ni40Cutting the amorphous alloy thin strip into strips of about 4cm, weighing 100mg of the strips, placing the strips in 1.0mol/L hydrofluoric acid solution, placing the strips at 50 ℃ for 72 hours, and carrying out chemical dealloying;
step 6: and taking out the thin strip after the alloy is removed, repeatedly soaking and cleaning the thin strip by using deionized water and alcohol in sequence, and drying the thin strip for 24 hours at room temperature to obtain the Cu nanometer rod-shaped structure.
Fig. 2 shows the XRD pattern after thin strip dealloying, which shows that the nanorod surface layer is typically fcc copper structure. The scanning electron microscope picture of the product prepared in the first embodiment is shown in fig. 3, which shows that the product is an obvious nanorod structure, the diameter of the Cu nanorod is 100-160 nanometers, and the length of the Cu nanorod is 400-480 nanometers.
At 1.0M CH3In OH +1.0M KOH solution, a three-electrode system is adopted, the prepared Cu nano rod-shaped structure strip is used as a working electrode, a platinum sheet electrode is used as an auxiliary electrode, an Ag/AgCl electrode is used as a reference electrode, and cyclic voltammetry is used for scanning, so that the Cu nano rod-shaped structure catalyst prepared by the method has a good catalytic effect on methanol oxidation under an alkaline condition as shown in figure 4.
Example two: the difference between the embodiment and the embodiment one is that the atomic percentages of the target components Cu, Zr and Ni in the step 1 are 40:30: 30. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example three: the difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment is that the atomic percentages of the target components Cu, Zr and Ni in step 1 are 35:30: 35. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example four: the difference between the present embodiment and the first embodiment is that the atomic percentages of the target components Cu, Zr and Ni in step 1 are 25:30: 45. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example five: the difference between the embodiment and the first embodiment is that the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution in the step 5 is 0.5mol/L, and the dealloying time is 48 h. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example six: the difference between the embodiment and the first embodiment is that the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution in the step 5 is 0.5mol/L, and the dealloying time is 72 h. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example seven: the difference between the embodiment and the first embodiment is that the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution in the step 5 is 0.5mol/L, and the dealloying time is 96 h. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example eight: the difference between this example and the first example is that the temperature of the dealloying process in step 5 is 40 ℃. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
Example nine: the difference between this example and the first example is that the temperature of the dealloying process in step 5 is 60 ℃. The rest is the same as the first embodiment.
The above examples are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, but not limiting the scope of the invention, and it should be noted that: it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and equivalents can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and it is intended that all such modifications and equivalents fall within the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.
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1. A preparation method of a Cu nanorod structured catalyst is characterized by comprising the following steps:
step 1: mixing raw materials of pure Cu, pure Zr and pure Ni evenly, and preparing the Cu by utilizing a vacuum arc furnace and high vacuum melt-spun equipmentxZryNizAn amorphous alloy thin strip;
step 2: the obtained CuxZryNizPlacing the amorphous alloy thin strip in hydrofluoric acid solution, and placing at 40-60 ℃ for chemical dealloying;
and step 3: the obtained dealloyed CuxZryNizTaking out the amorphous alloy thin strip, repeatedly soaking and cleaning the amorphous alloy thin strip by using deionized water and alcohol in sequence, and drying to obtain a Cu nano rod-shaped catalyst;
the step 1 specifically comprises the following steps:
step 1.1: according to CuxZryNizWeighing the Cu, Zr and Ni element materials according to the target components, and uniformly mixing to obtain a smelting raw material, wherein the purity of each element material is more than 99.9%; wherein x, y and z respectively correspond to the atomic percent of each alloy element, wherein x is more than or equal to 25 and less than or equal to 45, y is more than or equal to 20 and less than or equal to 40, z is more than or equal to 30 and less than or equal to 45, and x + y + z = 100;
step 1.2: putting the smelting raw material obtained in the step 1.1 into a vacuum arc smelting furnace, smelting under the argon protective atmosphere, continuously smelting after the raw material is molten, stopping heating to enable the alloy to be cooled to be solidified along with a crucible, turning the alloy over, repeatedly smelting, and cooling to obtain a master alloy ingot with uniform components;
step 1.3: crushing the mother alloy ingot obtained in the step 1.2 into small pieces, putting the small pieces of alloy ingot into a quartz tube with an opening diameter of 1-2 mm, placing the quartz tube into an induction coil of vacuum melt-spinning equipment for fixing, adjusting the distance between the quartz tube and a copper roller, closing a cavity, and pumping the cavity to ensure that the vacuum degree of the cavity is less than or equal to 5 multiplied by 10-3Pa, filling inert gas argon as a protective atmosphere, and adjusting the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the cavity;
step 1.4: melting alloy blocks by adopting induction melting, and spraying alloy liquid in a molten state onto a copper roller rotating at a high speed by utilizing pressure difference to obtain an amorphous alloy thin belt; the smelting temperature is 950-1150 ℃;
the concentration of the hydrofluoric acid solution is 0.8-1.2 mol/L.
2. The method for preparing a Cu nanorod structured catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the standing time at 40-60 ℃ is 5-72 hours.
3. The method for preparing a Cu nanorod structured catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the duration of the smelting after the raw materials are melted is 3-8 minutes.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of times of the repeated melting is 3 to 5.
5. The method for preparing a Cu nanorod structured catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the linear speed of the copper roller rotating at a high speed is 25-30 m/s.
6. The method for preparing a Cu nanorod structured catalyst according to claim 1, wherein in the step 3, the drying is natural drying at room temperature.
7. The method for preparing a Cu nanorod structured catalyst according to claim 1, wherein the Cu nanorod structured catalyst obtained in the step 3 has a diameter of 100-160 nm and a length of 400-480 nm.
8. Use of a Cu nanorod structured catalyst prepared according to the method of claim 1 in an anode catalyst for a methanol fuel cell.
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