A kind of pulse electrodeposition prepares the method for DMFC with catalyst
Technical field
The invention belongs to the technical field and the fuel cell field of producing catalyst with the chemical method, specially refer to DMFC Preparation of catalysts method based on platinum.
Background technology
DMFC (DMFC) is because of its energy density height, liquid fuel are easy to transportation and storage, running temperature is low, and has vast potential for future development in fields such as portable power supply, electric automobiles.One of critical material of DMFC is an electrode catalyst, its active performance that directly influences battery.Noble metal platinum also has excellent catalytic performance under low temperature (<80 ℃) service condition, so the used eelctro-catalyst of DMFC all is main component with platinum at present.But because the platinum resource-constrained costs an arm and a leg the requirement that its utilization rate in DMFC does not also reach commercial applications.Therefore in the past few years, in order further to improve the activity of unit mass platinum catalyst, researchers study several different methods, thereby have the Pt catalyst that high-specific surface area has the nanoscale of high catalytic activity in the hope of synthesizing.At present; what adopt usually is the method for electronation; mainly comprise infusion process and colloid method; as document M.G tz; H.Wendt; Binary and ternary anodecatalyst formulations including the elements W; Sn and Mo for PEMFCs operated onmethanol or reformate gas; Electrochimica Acta; it is catalyst based to adopt infusion process and colloid method to prepare Pt respectively among 43 (1998) 3637-3644; studies show that the catalyst performance that colloid method synthesizes is better, the catalytic performance of methanol electro-oxidizing is better than the catalyst that infusion process synthesizes, but this method need adopt larger molecular organics to make surperficial protective agent and reducing agent; also must in the anhydrous and oxygen-free system, prepare simultaneously; complex operation, process are difficult for accurately control, and the Preparation of Catalyst cost is higher.Compare with the method for electronation, adopt the research of electrochemical reduction less, document J.J.Whalen III, J.D.Weiland, P.C Searson, Electrochemical Deposition of Platinum from Aqueous AmmoniumHexachloroplatinate Solution, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, propose on golden film, to adopt potentiostatic method to carry out electro-deposition among 152 (11) (2005) C738-C743, contrasted respectively current potential constant when the different potentials value, the particle of the Pt that electro-deposition goes out, pattern, but particle size is all bigger, thereby Pt activity of such catalysts surface area ratio is less, causes catalytic activity lower.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes to adopt the pulse electrodeposition method, and Pt directly is deposited on activated carbon black and the carrier that the ion emulsion is mixed.The initial concentration by adjusting presoma and the current density of pulse electrodeposition, the make-and-break time ratio (t of electric current
On/ t
Off), control such as pulse frequency parameter, to prepare pattern on activated carbon black/ion emulsion carriers be flower-shaped porous nano cluster and have than bigger serface, thereby possess the Pt catalyst metals particle of high methanol electro-oxidizing-catalyzing activity.The present invention not only can increase substantially the methanol electro-oxidizing activity of catalyst, and reaction temperature is lower, and preparation process is simple, and electric impulse signal is adopted in operation, and controllability is good.
Preparation process of the present invention may further comprise the steps:
1, activated carbon black was heated 10~60 minutes in 500~700 ℃ of air atmospheres, ratio according to 3~8 milligrams of activated carbon blacks of every milliliter of ethanol adding places ethanol with activated carbon black then, to contain the alcohol suspending liquid of activated carbon black and mass percent again and be 5% ion emulsion and make mixed liquor in 100: 1 by volume~100: 7, the mixed liquor ultrasonic wave was disperseed 30~80 minutes, form the carbon slurry;
2, pipette 120~300 μ L carbon slurry by every square centimeter of matrix area, drip on graphite, carbon paper or other the conductive matrix surface, after treating that ethanol evaporation is intact, make working electrode used in the electrodeposition process, with working electrode 50~80 ℃ of vacuum drying 3~15 hours;
3, in the electrolyte of preparation in advance, as negative electrode, platinum electrode is as anode with working electrode, saturated calomel electrode (SCE) is formed three-electrode system as reference electrode, carries out pulse electrodeposition, the temperature of electro-deposition is 20~70 ℃, and the current density of pulse electrodeposition is 0.4~50.0mA/cm
2, electric current make-and-break time ratio t
On/ t
OffBe 1: 0.5~10.
The argon gas that leads to 20~60min before the pulse electrodeposition earlier in electrolyte in the process of carrying out pulse electrodeposition, feeds argon gas to eliminate the influence of dissolved oxygen in the solution always in electrolyte.On working electrode, platinum ion is reduced to metal platinum, obtains nano level platinum catalyst.
The above-mentioned electrolyte of preparing is: 0.5molL
-1H
2SO
4With 0.5~4.0mmolL
-1The mixed solution of chloroplatinic acid.
The Pt catalyst that the present invention synthesizes is not owing to be to adopt with the chemical synthesis process of chemical reagent as reducing agent, but adopt by applying the electrochemical method for synthesizing of the signal of telecommunication, therefore method is simple, controllability is strong, the pattern of synthetic Pt catalyst nano particle is flower-shaped porous nano cluster, having big specific area and high methanol electro-oxidizing-catalyzing activity, is 1.0molL in concentration
-1CH
3High methanol electroxidation peak current density in the OH solution can reach 516mA mg
-1, the catalyst that utilizes the preparation of this method demonstrates active preferably to the electroxidation of methyl alcohol.
Compared with prior art, the present invention does not need metal precursor is carried out preliminary treatment, without any need for surfactant or other protective agent, reducing agent yet.Because deposition process is by applying the electrochemical reduction that pulse signal carries out Pt, the signal of telecommunication can adopt computer control, so process is easy to control, simple efficient, reaction temperature is low, can carry out electro-deposition under the room temperature condition, makes that the Preparation of catalysts cost is lower.
The prepared product of the present invention not only can be used for the DMFC anode catalyst, simultaneously can also be used for other fuel cell cathode and anode catalyst, and gas reforming, organic matter cracking, pollutant control, and organic many fields such as synthetic.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 amplifies 10,000 times ESEM shape appearance figure for embodiment 2 synthetic catalyst.
Fig. 2 amplifies 200,000 times ESEM shape appearance figure for embodiment 2 synthetic catalyst.
Fig. 3 is the anodic oxidation of methanol cyclic voltammetry curve of the synthetic catalyst of embodiment 1
Fig. 4 is the anodic oxidation of methanol cyclic voltammetry curve of the synthetic catalyst of embodiment 2.
Fig. 5 is the anodic oxidation of methanol cyclic voltammetry curve of the synthetic catalyst of embodiment 3.
Fig. 6 is the anodic oxidation of methanol cyclic voltammetry curve of commodity Pt/C catalyst.
The specific embodiment
In order to make test data have comparativity, so under identical test condition variant catalyst is carried out the cyclic voltammetric test, i.e. test condition unification is:
Working electrode: the graphite electrode of having coated Catalytic Layer;
Anode: platinum electrode; Reference electrode: saturated calomel electrode (SCE);
Electrolyte: 0.5molL
-1H
2SO
4And 1.0molL
-1CH
3The mixed solution of OH;
Potential scanning speed=10mVs
-1Electrolyte temperature: 30 ℃.
Embodiment 1:
Activated carbon black Vulcan XC-72 was heated 60 minutes at 500 ℃ in advance.Take by weighing 40 milligrams of activated carbon blacks and place 10 milliliters of ethanol, add 350 μ L mass percents and be 5% ion emulsion Nafion solution, the mixed liquor ultrasonic wave was disperseed 80 minutes, form the carbon slurry.Get 100 μ L carbon slurry, drip on the graphite matrix, after treating that ethanol evaporation is intact, with electrode 75 ℃ of following vacuum drying 5 hours, make the working electrode that electro-deposition is adopted, working electrode is carried out electro-deposition, the employing platinum electrode is an anode, saturated calomel electrode (SCE) is a reference electrode, and electrolyte is 0.5molL
-1H
2SO
4And 0.5mmolL
-1The mixed solution of chloroplatinic acid, the temperature of electro-deposition are 45 ℃, and the argon gas of logical 20min is to eliminate the influence of dissolved oxygen in the solution in the electro-deposition forward direction electrolyte.When carrying out electro-deposition, in electrolyte, feed argon gas always.The current density that pulse electrodeposition adopts is 4.0mA/cm
2, t
On/ t
OffBe 100ms/400ms.Make the nano level Pt/C catalyst of high degree of dispersion, loading reaches 144 μ g/cm
2
Embodiment 2:
Activated carbon black Vulcan XC-72 was heated 30 minutes at 600 ℃ in advance.Take by weighing 50 milligrams of activated carbon blacks and place 10 milliliters of ethanol, add 200 μ L mass percents and be 5% ion emulsion Nafion solution, the mixed liquor ultrasonic wave was disperseed 30 minutes, form the carbon slurry.Get 100 μ L carbon slurries, drip on the graphite matrix, treat that ethanol evaporation is intact after, with 60 ℃ of vacuum drying of electrode 8 hours, make the working electrode that electro-deposition is adopted.Adopting platinum electrode is to electrode, and saturated calomel electrode (SCE) is a reference electrode, and electrolyte is 0.5molL
-1H
2SO
4And 1.0mmolL
-1The mixed solution of chloroplatinic acid, the temperature of electro-deposition are 65 ℃.The argon gas of logical 30min is to eliminate the influence of dissolved oxygen in the solution in the electro-deposition forward direction electrolyte.When carrying out electro-deposition, in electrolyte, feed argon gas.The current density of pulse electrodeposition is 6.0mA/cm
2, t
On/ t
OffBe 1s/5s.Make the nano level Pt/C catalyst of high degree of dispersion, loading is 110 μ g/cm
2SEM experimental result among Fig. 1, Fig. 2 shows that noble metal is uniformly dispersed on carrier, be the flower-shaped porous nano cluster particle with bigger serface about 100 nanometers.
Embodiment 3:
Activated carbon black Vulcan XC-72 was heated 20 minutes at 700 ℃ in advance.Take by weighing 70 milligrams of activated carbon blacks and place 9 milliliters of ethanol, add 500 μ L mass percents and be 5% ion emulsion Nafion solution, the mixed liquor ultrasonic wave was disperseed 50 minutes, form the carbon slurry.Get 80 μ L carbon slurries, drip on the graphite matrix, treat that ethanol evaporation is intact after, with 50 ℃ of vacuum drying of electrode 12 hours, make the working electrode that electro-deposition is adopted.Adopting platinum electrode is to electrode, and saturated calomel electrode (SCE) is a reference electrode, and electrolyte is 0.5molL
-1H
2SO
4And 4.0mmolL
-1The mixed solution of chloroplatinic acid, the temperature of electro-deposition are 25 ℃.The argon gas of logical 40min is to eliminate the influence of dissolved oxygen in the solution in the electro-deposition forward direction electrolyte.When carrying out electro-deposition, in electrolyte, feed argon gas.The current density of pulse electrodeposition is 25.0mA/cm
2, t
On/ t
OffBe 100ms/300ms.Make the nano level Pt/C catalyst of high degree of dispersion, loading is 85 μ g/cm
2
As seen Fig. 3 as a result, Fig. 4, Fig. 5 of testing by the cyclic voltammetric that the catalyst that above embodiment synthesized is carried out compare with Fig. 6 as a result of the cyclic voltammetric test that commercial catalyst carries out: compare with commodity Pt/C catalyst, the take-off potential of just sweeping the methanol electro-oxidizing peak of Pt/C catalyst is lower, and under the same scan current potential, the Pt/C catalyst obviously has higher current density, illustrate the Pt/C catalyst can be under lower current potential the more methyl alcohol generation of catalysis electrochemical reaction, promptly have better methanol electro-oxidizing-catalyzing activity.