Electrosynthesis of polyquinone nanowires with dispersed platinum nanoparticles toward formic acid oxidation

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• 作者：M. A. del Valle ; L. A. Hernández ; A. M. Ramírez ; F. R. Díaz
• 关键词：Formic acid ; Electro ; oxidation ; Polymer nanowires ; Poly(1 ; amino ; 9 ; 10 ; anthraquinone) ; Nanowire electrosynthesis
• 刊名：Ionics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：23
• 期：1
• 页码：191-199
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Electrochemistry; Renewable and Green Energy; Optical and Electronic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Energy Storage;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：1862-0760
• 卷排序：23

文摘

Conducting polymer nanostructuring enables a substantial improvement of many electro-catalytic processes, e.g., formic acid (HCOOH, FA) electro-oxidation. In this case, a stainless steel (SS) electrode is first modified with poly(1-amino-9,10-anthraquinone-co-o-phenylenediamine) (COP) and then, by means of a template that can be chemically removed, poly(1-amino-9,10-anthraquinone) nanowires (P1AAQnw) are electro-synthesized; this procedure has allowed the effective FA electro-catalytic oxidation generating adsorbed CO, which is quickly converted to CO₂. Subsequently, when platinum nanoparticles (dispersed by electro-chemical techniques) are also incorporated on the polymeric nanowires, oxidation peaks are observed at ca. 1000 mV, with a current increase up to fourfold. In this way, the method provides a highly reproducible nanostructured electrode that is prepared solely by electro-chemical techniques offering promising results for FA electro-catalytic oxidation.