Sonochemical Formation of Ga-Pt Intermetallic Nanoparticles Embedded in Graphene and its Potential Use as an Electrocatalyst

Vijay Bhooshan Kumar; Jakkid Sanetuntikul; Pandian Ganesan; Ze'ev Porat; Sangaraju Shanmugam; Aharon Gedanken

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.193

Sonochemical Formation of Ga-Pt Intermetallic Nanoparticles Embedded in Graphene and its Potential Use as an Electrocatalyst

Vijay Bhooshan Kumar, Jakkid Sanetuntikul, Pandian Ganesan, Ze'ev Porat, Sangaraju Shanmugam, Aharon Gedanken

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

The formation of Ga-Pt particles and their simultaneous embedment in graphene layers was performed by sonication of molten gallium in an aqueous solution of H₂PtCl₆ in the presence of graphene. X-ray analysis of the dry particles revealed that their composition was GaPt₃ and GaPt_2. The synthesized Ga-Pt/G was examined as an electrode material for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). This novel electrode showed better activity for MOR and ORR than a commercial Pt/C catalyst.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	659-667
Number of pages	9
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	190
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.193
State	Published - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

Gallium-platinum intermetallic
Ultrasonic cavitation
graphene
methanol oxidation reaction
nanoparticles
oxygen reduction reaction

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General Chemical Engineering
Electrochemistry

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