Spontaneous Platinum Deposition on Polyaniline Films with Trapped Carbon Nanotubes

A polyaniline film (PANI) with incorporated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was used as substrate to prepare com-posite platinum electrodes. The polymeric film was grown electrochemically on Nichrome and gold wires from the mo-nomer acid solution with suspended carbon nanotubes. Later, Pt catalytic particle...

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Autores: Bavio, Marcela Alejandra, Kessler, Teresita, Castro Luna Berenguer, Ana Maria del Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/106469
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/106469
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:POLYANILINE
SPONTANEOUS DEPOSITION
METHANOL OXIDATION
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Sumario:A polyaniline film (PANI) with incorporated carbon nanotubes (CNTs) was used as substrate to prepare com-posite platinum electrodes. The polymeric film was grown electrochemically on Nichrome and gold wires from the mo-nomer acid solution with suspended carbon nanotubes. Later, Pt catalytic particles were distributed onto the film by spon-taneous deposition varying the deposition time. The results show that the codeposited CNTs significantly influence notonly the amount but also the dispersion of the Pt particles. Methanol oxidation was chosen as model reaction to test thecatalytic properties of the Pt composites. It was found that those with carbon nanotubes show better catalytic performance.