Platinum-based electrocatalysts synthesized by depositing contiguous adlayers on carbon nanostructures
High-surface-area carbon nanostructures coated with a smooth and conformal submonolayer-to-multilayer thin metal films and their method of manufacture are described. The manufacturing process may involve initial oxidation of the carbon nanostructures followed by immersion in a solution with the desired pH to create negative surface dipoles. The nanostructures are subsequently immersed in an alkaline solution containing non-noble metal ions which adsorb at surface reaction sites. The metal ions are then reduced via chemical or electrical means and the nanostructures are exposed to a solution containing a salt of one or more noble metals which replace adsorbed non-noble surface metal atoms by galvanic displacement. Subsequent film growth may be performed via the initial quasi-underpotential deposition of a non-noble metal followed by immersion in a solution comprising a more noble metal. The resulting coated nanostructures may be used, for example, as high-performance electrodes in supercapacitors, batteries, or other electric storage devices.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Assignee:
- Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,150,968
- Application Number:
- 13/775,674
- OSTI ID:
- 1222637
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 25
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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