Improvement of Electrochemical Activity of Pt/MWCNT Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Authors

  • Munkhshur Myekhlai School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National University of Mongolia and Institute of Chemistry and Chemistry technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences
  • Battsengel Baatar School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National University of Mongolia
  • Bayardulam Jamiyansuren School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National University of Mongolia
  • Baasandorj Myagmarsuren School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National University of Mongolia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v12i0.165

Keywords:

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, Multi Walled Carbon Nano Tubes

Abstract

In last years, the carbon nanotubes have been studied as an advanced metal catalyst support for proton exchange membrane fuel cell. This study focuses on the sonochemical treatment of multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a platinum supporting material for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) by mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid and mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Infrared (IR) spectroscopy were used to characterize the surface of sonochemically treated MWCNT and nanostructured electrocatalyst Pt/MWCNT. According to the experimental results of this work, the surface of MWCNT can be more successfully functionalized with hydroxyl and carboxyl groups after sonochemical treatment by mixture of sulfuric acid and nitric acid. The particle size of prepared Pt -electrocatalyst on MWCNT was determined 3.4 nm by XRD.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v12i0.165

Mongolian Journal of Chemistry Vol.12 2011: 20-23

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2014-09-24

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Myekhlai, M., Baatar, B., Jamiyansuren, B., & Myagmarsuren, B. (2014). Improvement of Electrochemical Activity of Pt/MWCNT Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. Mongolian Journal of Chemistry, 12, 20–23. https://doi.org/10.5564/mjc.v12i0.165

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Vol. 12 (2011)

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