Influence of Electrochemical Pretreatment Conditions of PtCu/C Alloy Electrocatalyst on Its Activity
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Conclusions
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Sample | Initial Composition | Potential Range at the Activation Stage, V | Composition after the Activation Stage | ESA, m2g−1 (Pt) | Ik, Ag−1 (Pt) | Ik, Am−2 (Pt) | Number of ē | E1/2, V |
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PtCu/C | PtCu1.3 | 0.04–1.20 | PtCu0.25 | 41 | 417 | 10.1 | 4.3 | 0.93 |
0.04–1.00 | PtCu0.24 | 43 | 878 | 20.3 | 3.9 | 0.95 | ||
JM20 | Pt | 0.04–1.20 | - | 80 | 181 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 0.92 |
0.04–1.00 | - | 75 | 184 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 0.93 |
Sample | Potential Range at the Activation Stage, V | QCH3OH, C/g(Pt) | Imax, Ag−1(Pt) | Eonset, V | Iinitial, Ag−1(Pt) | Ifinal, Ag−1(Pt) |
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PtCu/C | 0.04–1.00 | 18,703 | 1236 | 0.51 | 650 | 352 |
PtCu/C (1.2 V) | 0.04–1.20 | 16,647 | 1084 | 0.50 | 596 | 328 |
JM20 | 0.04–1.20 | 5648 | 350 | 0.51 | 320 | 127 |
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Pavlets, A.; Alekseenko, A.; Menshchikov, V.; Belenov, S.; Volochaev, V.; Pankov, I.; Safronenko, O.; Guterman, V. Influence of Electrochemical Pretreatment Conditions of PtCu/C Alloy Electrocatalyst on Its Activity. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061499
Pavlets A, Alekseenko A, Menshchikov V, Belenov S, Volochaev V, Pankov I, Safronenko O, Guterman V. Influence of Electrochemical Pretreatment Conditions of PtCu/C Alloy Electrocatalyst on Its Activity. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(6):1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061499
Chicago/Turabian StylePavlets, Angelina, Anastasia Alekseenko, Vladislav Menshchikov, Sergey Belenov, Vadim Volochaev, Ilya Pankov, Olga Safronenko, and Vladimir Guterman. 2021. "Influence of Electrochemical Pretreatment Conditions of PtCu/C Alloy Electrocatalyst on Its Activity" Nanomaterials 11, no. 6: 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11061499