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Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251



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Performance of carbon nanofiber supported Pd–Ni catalysts for electro-oxidation
of ethanol in alkaline medium
T. Maiyalagan, Keith Scott ∗
School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom




a r t i c l e        i n f o                           a b s t r a c t

Article history:                                       Carbon nanofibers (CNF) supported Pd–Ni nanoparticles have been prepared by chemical reduction
Received 5 August 2009                                 with NaBH4 as a reducing agent. The Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction
Received in revised form 18 January 2010               (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemi-
Accepted 6 March 2010
                                                       cal voltammetry analysis. TEM showed that the Pd–Ni particles were quite uniformly distributed on the
Available online 15 March 2010
                                                       surface of the carbon nanofiber with an average particle size of 4.0 nm. The electro-catalytic activity of
                                                       the Pd–Ni/CNF for oxidation of ethanol was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The onset potential
Keywords:
                                                       was 200 mV lower and the peak current density four times higher for ethanol oxidation for Pd–Ni/CNF
Ethanol electro-oxidation
Pd–Ni
                                                       compared to that for Pd/C. The effect of an increase in temperature from 20 to 60 ◦ C had a great effect on
Nanostructured materials                               increasing the ethanol oxidation activity.
Electro-catalyst                                                                                                        © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Fuel cell




1. Introduction                                                                        the Ni2+ /Ni3+ redox centers show high catalytic activity towards
                                                                                       the oxidation of some small organic compounds.
    Recently there has been increased interest in the development                          In addition to development of efficient electro-catalysts for
of direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFC). Ethanol is an interesting alterna-                ethanol oxidation research has considered the role and use of
tive renewable fuel which has an energy density of 8030 W h kg−1 ;                     alternative catalysts supports. Graphite nanofiber (GNF) [16], car-
greater than that of methanol (6100 W h kg−1 ), if complete oxida-                     bon nanotubes (CNT) [17–20], carbon nanohorns [21] and carbon
tion to CO2 is attained [1]. However, in acidic environments the                       nanocoils [22] provide alternate candidates of carbon support for
complete oxidation of ethanol is difficult to achieve and attention                     fuel cell applications. Due to the high electric conductivity and
has been directed to higher pH. The catalysts for ethanol oxidation                    structural properties, carbon nanofibers have been considered as
can be more active in alkaline medium compared to acid medium                          promising catalyst support materials in fuel cell electrodes [23,24].
[2–5]. Ethanol electro-oxidation by Pt [6–8] in alkaline solution has                      In this work, synthesis of Pd–Ni/CNF based catalysts are
been reported. However, the high cost and limited supply of Pt                         explored for possible use in DEFC in view of the good electro-
constitute a major limitation to development of DEFC. In order to                      catalytic activity of Pd and the ability of Ni to adsorb OH− ions in
reduce the cost of catalysts, Pt-free materials such as Pd have been                   the form of Ni(OH)2 [25]. The presence of Ni species is expected to
recently studied [9,10]. Data show that Pd is a good electro-catalyst                  assist in the electro-oxidation of poisonous reaction intermediates
for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media [11].                                          adsorbed on the active Pd sites. Additionally, the use of Ni enables
    A great deal of interest has recently been focused on materials                    a reduction in catalyst cost [34].
cheaper than platinum and the use of non-noble transition met-
als in alkaline media; in particular the performance of alloys of                      2. Experimental
palladium with non-noble metals for electro-oxidation of ethanol
[12]. Ethanol electro-oxidation by Ni [13] and Cu–Ni [14] in alka-                     2.1. Materials
line solution has been reported. Ni hollow spheres are promising
electro-catalysts for alcohol oxidation in alkaline media [15]. In                         All the chemicals used were analytical grade. Vapor-grown car-
alkaline solutions nickel can be easily converted to Ni(OH)2 and                       bon nanofibers were purchased from Pyrograf Products Inc. (OH,
                                                                                       USA. Products PR24-LHT). Extensive characterization of represen-
                                                                                       tative commercially available Pyrograf carbon nanofiber has been
  ∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 191 2225207; fax: +44 191 2225292.                 reported [26,27]. Palladium chloride and nickel chloride hydrate
     E-mail addresses: maiyalagan@gmail.com (T. Maiyalagan), K.Scott@ncl.ac.uk         were procured from Sigma–Aldrich and used as received. Ethanol
(K. Scott).                                                                            and KOH were obtained from Fischer chemicals. 20%Pd/C carbon

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black was purchased from (E-TEK, USA); Nafion 5 wt.% solution was                 sion electron microscope, operating at an accelerating voltage of
obtained from Sigma–Aldrich and was used as received.                            100 keV.

2.2. Preparation of 20% Pd–Ni (3:1)/CNF catalyst                                 2.4. Electrochemical measurements

    The as-received CNF was treated with aqueous solution of HNO3                    Glassy carbon (GC) (BAS) electrode (0.07 cm2 ) was polished to
under magnetic stirring for 24 h [28]. The oxidized fibers were then              a mirror finish with 0.05 m alumina suspensions before each
repeatedly washed with distilled water to remove residual acid and               experiment and served as substrate for the working electrode. The
evaporated to dryness.                                                           working electrodes were fabricated by coating catalyst ink onto a
    The required amount of PdCl2 and NiCl2 ·6H2 O, were added to                 glassy carbon electrode. The catalysts ink was prepared by dispers-
10 ml of water and 60 mg functionalized CNF were mixed by mag-                   ing 35 mg of the catalyst in 0.8 cm3 of deionized water, and 0.2 cm3
netic stirring for 3 h to achieve 20% Pd loading. Excess, dilute NaBH4           of 5 wt.% Nafion solution and ultrasonicated for 20 min. Nafion was
solution was added to the solution to reduce the Pd and Ni species               used simply as a binder. A known amount of suspension was added
to form electro-catalyst. After that electro-catalyst was repeatedly             to the glassy carbon (GC) electrode and slowly dried in air. The
washed with distilled water to remove residual salts, centrifuged                loading of the noble metal catalyst was 0.3 mg cm−2 . A solution of
and dried at 70 ◦ C. The catalyst obtained is the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst             1.0 mol dm−3 (M) ethanol in 1 M KOH was used to study ethanol
with 20 wt.% Pd and the atomic ratio of Pd:Ni = 3:1.                             oxidation activity.
                                                                                     Electrochemical measurements were collected using a com-
2.3. Catalyst characterization                                                   puter controlled Gill AC potentiostat (ACM Instruments Ltd.,
                                                                                 Cumbria, UK). All experiments were carried out in a three-electrode
   Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-                   glass cell, incorporating the glassy carbon working electrode,
ray (EDX) measurements were carried out using a JEOL JSM-5300LV                  a mercury–mercury oxide reference electrode and a platinum
scanning electron microscope with a ROUTEC UHV Dewar Detec-                      mesh (25 mm × 25 mm) counter electrode. All the electrochemi-
tor at an acceleration voltage of 25 kV. Powder X-ray diffraction                cal experiments were carried out at room temperature in 1 M KOH
was recorded on a PAN analytical X’Pert Pro MPD diffractome-                     electrolyte. The electrolyte solution was purged with high purity
ter using CuK radiation. For transmission electron microscopic                   nitrogen for 30 min prior to a series of voltammetric experiments.
studies, catalysts dispersed in ethanol were placed on the copper                The catalytic performance was observed in 1 mol dm−3 KOH solu-
grid and the images were obtained using Phillips CM100 transmis-                 tion, 1 M ethanol at pH 14. Current densities were calculated based




                                  Fig. 1. SEM images of (a) Pd/C, (b) Pd–Ni/CNF and (c) EDX spectra of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts.
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on the geometric area of the electrode. Triply distilled water was
used throughout for the preparation of solutions.

3. Results and discussion

    The micrograph of the Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes have been
investigated by SEM (Fig. 1) and the EDX spectrum for Pd–Ni/CNF is
presented in Fig. 1c respectively. The agglomerated globular mor-
phology of Pd/C resulted in rough surface with larger particles.
The surface morphology of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts was found to be
uniform and tubular walls are sufficiently decorated with nanopar-
ticles. EDX analysis confirmed the presence of Pd and Ni in the
Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst. According to the EDX measurements (Fig. 1c),
Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst prepared in this work contained 20.1 wt.% of Pd
with a Pd/Ni atomic ratio of 3:1.0–1.1, which agrees well with the
stoichiometric ratio of 3:1 used in the starting mixture.
    Fig. 2 shows the XRD profiles of the Pd/C (curve a) and
Pd–Ni/CNFs (curve b) catalysts. XRD patterns reveal the bulk struc-
ture of the catalyst and its support. It can be seen that the first peak
located at a 2Â value of about 26◦ is referred to carbon (0 0 2). The
other four peaks are characteristic of face centered cubic (fcc) crys-
talline Pd (JCPDS, Card No. 05-0681), corresponding to the planes
(1 1 1), (2 0 0), (2 2 0) and (3 1 1) at 2Â values of about, 47◦ , 68◦ and
82◦ . The nickel particles are air-sensitive, both in the stable sus-
pension and in the solid state. The presence of the oxide phase
NiO (reflections (2 0 0) and (2 2 0)) can be observed on the electron
diffraction pattern [29]. The average particle sizes of the catalyst
were calculated from Pd (2 2 0) peak by the Scherrer formula [30]:


             k
d (Å ) =
           ˇ cos Â

where k is a coefficient (0.9),       the wavelength of X-ray used
(1.54056 Å), ˇ the full-width half maximum and  is the angle at
position of peak maximum.
    The mean particle size obtained from the XRD patterns were
2.9 nm for Pd/C and 2.5 nm for Pd–Ni/CNF. Typical TEM images of
the Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts (Fig. 3) show an average par-
ticle size of 4.8 and 4.0 nm for Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF respectively.
Thus, the values of the mean particle size obtained from XRD are
slightly lower than that obtained from TEM analysis. Although some
agglomeration of Pd nanoparticles occurred on the Vulcan support,
it can be seen from the TEM image that Pd particles dispersion was




                                                                                                  Fig. 3. TEM images of (a) Pd/C and (b and c) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts.

                                                                                         reasonably uniform on the outer walls of the CNFs. Considering
                                                                                         that Pd nanoparticles strongly interact with oxygen atoms, it can
                                                                                         be suggested that Pd nucleation centers occur in the proximity of
                                                                                         oxygenated defects created during the treatment. Therefore, the
           Fig. 2. XRD patterns of (a) Pd/C and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts.                 improved metal nanoparticle dispersion for the nitric acid-treated
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Fig. 4. Cyclic voltammogram of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts in 1 M KOH         Fig. 5. Cyclic voltammograms of Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH
with a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 , 25 ◦ C.                                                solution at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 (20 scans), 25 ◦ C.




CNF can be attributed to the creation of dispersed oxidized vacan-
cies at the CNF-surface by the HNO3 treatment [31].
    The cyclic voltammograms (CV) of Pd–Ni/CNF and Pd/C electro-
catalysts in the absence of ethanol are shown in Fig. 4. On the
cathodic scan, the palladium oxide layer is reduced, with a reduc-
tion peak at −0.270 V. The cyclic voltammetric behavior of the
Pd/carbon/GC electrode was a little different from that of palladium
electrode reported [32].
    The potential region from −800 to −500 mV versus Hg/HgO on
the CV curve of the catalyst in background solution is associated
with the hydrogen adsorption/desorption [33]. The electrochem-
ical active surface areas (EASAs) of catalysts were measured by
integrating the charge on hydrogen adsorption–desorption regions
by cyclic voltammetry. These values given in Table 1, can be cal-
culated after the deduction of the double layer region on the CV
curves represents the charge passed for the hydrogen desorption,
QH , and is proportional to the electrochemically active area (EAA)                    Fig. 6. Cyclic voltammograms of ethanol electro-oxidation on (a) Pd/C and
of the electro-catalysts [34]. The value QH = 15. 5 mC cm−2 for the                    (b) Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH solution at a scan rate of
                                                                                       10 mV s−1 (recorded after 20 scans), 25 ◦ C.
Pd–Ni/CNF electrode is much higher than 2.7 mC cm−2 for the Pd/C
electrode.
    The cyclic voltammograms of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts for ethanol                            The typical cyclic voltammograms of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF cata-
oxidation during the first 20 cycles are shown in Fig. 5. The mag-                      lysts for ethanol oxidation in 1.0 M KOH/1.0 M ethanol solution at
nitude of reduction in current is lower as the number of cycles                        room temperature are shown in Fig. 6. In the forward scan, the oxi-
increases from 1 to 20. Then the peak current remained almost con-                     dation peak corresponds to the oxidation of freshly chemisorbed
stant and the current density was hardly changed after 20 cycles.                      species coming from ethanol adsorption. The reverse scan peak
The relatively good stability of the ethanol oxidation current over                    is primarily associated with removal of carbonaceous species not
repetitive potential cycling seems to suggest that surface poisoning                   completely oxidized in the forward scan than the oxidation of
by reaction intermediates is insignificant.                                             freshly chemisorbed species.

Table 1
Comparison of activity of ethanol oxidation between Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes.

 S. no          Electrode              Onset potential (V)        EASA (mC cm−2 )           Activitya

                                                                                            Forward sweep                           Reverse sweep
                                                                                                        −2                 −2
                                                                                            I (mA cm         )    E (mA cm      )   I (mA cm−2 )     E (mA cm−2 )

 1              Pd/C                   −0.5                        2.7                       47.8                −0.03               72.5            −0.14
 2              Pd/Cb                  −0.524                      1.91                      28                   –                   –               –
 3              Pd/HCSb                 –                         10.7                       90                   –                   –               –
 4              Pd–Ni/CNF              −0.7                       15.5                      199.8                −0.17              264.5            −0.26
 5              Pd–NiO(6:1)/Cc         −0.62                       –                         95                  −0.08                –               –
 a
     Activity evaluated from cyclic voltammogram in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH.
 b
     From Ref. [32].
 c
     From Ref. [33].
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Fig. 7. Linear potential sweep curves: (a) Pd/C catalysts and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts
in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH solution with a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 , (—) 25 ◦ C and (—-):
60 ◦ C.


                                                                                          Fig. 8. Tafel plot of (a) Pd/C catalysts and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts in 1 M KOH/1 M
    The Pd–Ni catalyst supported on CNF (Pd–Ni/CNF) catalyst                              C2 H5 OH solution with a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 , 25 and 60 ◦ C.
showed a better activity for ethanol oxidation than Pd/C. The onset
potential for EOR on Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalyst was 200 mV more
negative in comparison with that of Pd/C electro-catalyst. Simi-                              The kinetic parameters of ethanol oxidation on Pd/C and
lar values for Pd–NiO/C were reported [35]. It is clear that the                          Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts were obtained from Tafel plots, shown in Fig. 8.
involvement of Ni significantly increased the catalytic activity at the                    The Tafel slopes for Pd/C catalyst were 193 and 205 mV dec−1 at
same Pd loadings. The peak current density for ethanol oxidation                          25 and 60 ◦ C, respectively and for Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst were 196
is 200 mA cm−2 on the Pd–Ni/CNF electrode, was four times higher                          and 213 mV dec−1 at 25 and 60 ◦ C, respectively. The results of Pd/C
than on the Pd/C electrode, 47.8 mA cm−2 . The forward peak poten-                        catalyst are in agreement with the literature [36].
tial for the electro-oxidation of ethanol on the Pd–Ni/CNF electrode                          By extrapolating the Tafel line, to the point at where the over-
was −0.17 V (versus Hg/HgO), lower than −0.03 V (versus Hg/HgO)                           potential equals zero. The exchange current density, i0 , can be
for Pd/C catalyst. The high peak oxidation current and low anodic                         obtained. It is evident from the Tafel plot in Fig. 8 that the cal-
peak potential show that Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts were more                            culated exchange current density i0 for the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst is
active than the Pd/C electrode. Moreover, the higher catalytic cur-                       significantly greater than for the Pd/C catalyst. This data indicates
rents at more negative potentials on Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts                          the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst has a higher activity for ethanol oxidation in
could potentially improve the DEFC efficiency. Evaluation of these                         alkaline media than the Pd/C catalyst and values are given in Table 2,
catalysts in DEFC using anion conducting membranes will be the                            at the two different temperatures. The exchange current densi-
subject of future research.                                                               ties for ethanol oxidation on Pd–Ni/CNF electrode were almost two
    The effect of temperature on ethanol oxidation for Pd/C and                           orders higher than that on Pd/C electrodes.
Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts was investigated by performing linear sweep                               The electrochemical stability of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes
voltammograms at a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 at temperatures 25 and                           for ethanol electro-oxidation was also investigated by chronoam-
60 ◦ C (data shown in Fig. 7a and b, respectively). Current density                       perometry. Fig. 9 shows the current density–time plots of Pd/C and
increased significantly with the higher temperature, i.e. peak cur-                        Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH and 1 M ethanol at −0.5 V.
rent density was some three times greater, indicating an increase                             The results indicate that the improvement in the activity
in reaction kinetics.                                                                     of Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalyst for ethanol oxidation may partly
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Table 2                                                                                   attributed to the carbon nanofiber support and the addition of Ni
Kinetic parameters of ethanol oxidation on Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes.
                                                                                          to the Pd. The data suggest that Pd–Ni/CNF should be considered a
  S. no     Electrode    Temperature (K)     Tafel slope (mV dec−1 )    io (A cm−2 )      good electro-catalyst material for alkaline direct ethanol fuel cells.
  1         Pd/C         298                 193                        2.69 × 10−4
  2         Pd/C         333                 205                        6.8 × 10−4        Acknowledgments
  3         Pd/Ca        298                 188                        2.7 × 10−5
  4         Pd–Ni/CNF    298                 212                        1.18 × 10−3           EPSRC and DSTL are acknowledged for support of this work.
  5         Pd–Ni/CNF    333                 223                        3.0 × 10−3
  6         Pd–NiO/Ca    298                 195                        1.8 × 10−4
  a
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Maiyalagan,Performance of carbon nanofiber supported pd ni catalysts for electro-oxidation of ethanol in alkaline medium

  • 1. Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Power Sources journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jpowsour Performance of carbon nanofiber supported Pd–Ni catalysts for electro-oxidation of ethanol in alkaline medium T. Maiyalagan, Keith Scott ∗ School of Chemical Engineering & Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Carbon nanofibers (CNF) supported Pd–Ni nanoparticles have been prepared by chemical reduction Received 5 August 2009 with NaBH4 as a reducing agent. The Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction Received in revised form 18 January 2010 (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemi- Accepted 6 March 2010 cal voltammetry analysis. TEM showed that the Pd–Ni particles were quite uniformly distributed on the Available online 15 March 2010 surface of the carbon nanofiber with an average particle size of 4.0 nm. The electro-catalytic activity of the Pd–Ni/CNF for oxidation of ethanol was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The onset potential Keywords: was 200 mV lower and the peak current density four times higher for ethanol oxidation for Pd–Ni/CNF Ethanol electro-oxidation Pd–Ni compared to that for Pd/C. The effect of an increase in temperature from 20 to 60 ◦ C had a great effect on Nanostructured materials increasing the ethanol oxidation activity. Electro-catalyst © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Fuel cell 1. Introduction the Ni2+ /Ni3+ redox centers show high catalytic activity towards the oxidation of some small organic compounds. Recently there has been increased interest in the development In addition to development of efficient electro-catalysts for of direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFC). Ethanol is an interesting alterna- ethanol oxidation research has considered the role and use of tive renewable fuel which has an energy density of 8030 W h kg−1 ; alternative catalysts supports. Graphite nanofiber (GNF) [16], car- greater than that of methanol (6100 W h kg−1 ), if complete oxida- bon nanotubes (CNT) [17–20], carbon nanohorns [21] and carbon tion to CO2 is attained [1]. However, in acidic environments the nanocoils [22] provide alternate candidates of carbon support for complete oxidation of ethanol is difficult to achieve and attention fuel cell applications. Due to the high electric conductivity and has been directed to higher pH. The catalysts for ethanol oxidation structural properties, carbon nanofibers have been considered as can be more active in alkaline medium compared to acid medium promising catalyst support materials in fuel cell electrodes [23,24]. [2–5]. Ethanol electro-oxidation by Pt [6–8] in alkaline solution has In this work, synthesis of Pd–Ni/CNF based catalysts are been reported. However, the high cost and limited supply of Pt explored for possible use in DEFC in view of the good electro- constitute a major limitation to development of DEFC. In order to catalytic activity of Pd and the ability of Ni to adsorb OH− ions in reduce the cost of catalysts, Pt-free materials such as Pd have been the form of Ni(OH)2 [25]. The presence of Ni species is expected to recently studied [9,10]. Data show that Pd is a good electro-catalyst assist in the electro-oxidation of poisonous reaction intermediates for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media [11]. adsorbed on the active Pd sites. Additionally, the use of Ni enables A great deal of interest has recently been focused on materials a reduction in catalyst cost [34]. cheaper than platinum and the use of non-noble transition met- als in alkaline media; in particular the performance of alloys of 2. Experimental palladium with non-noble metals for electro-oxidation of ethanol [12]. Ethanol electro-oxidation by Ni [13] and Cu–Ni [14] in alka- 2.1. Materials line solution has been reported. Ni hollow spheres are promising electro-catalysts for alcohol oxidation in alkaline media [15]. In All the chemicals used were analytical grade. Vapor-grown car- alkaline solutions nickel can be easily converted to Ni(OH)2 and bon nanofibers were purchased from Pyrograf Products Inc. (OH, USA. Products PR24-LHT). Extensive characterization of represen- tative commercially available Pyrograf carbon nanofiber has been ∗ Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 191 2225207; fax: +44 191 2225292. reported [26,27]. Palladium chloride and nickel chloride hydrate E-mail addresses: maiyalagan@gmail.com (T. Maiyalagan), K.Scott@ncl.ac.uk were procured from Sigma–Aldrich and used as received. Ethanol (K. Scott). and KOH were obtained from Fischer chemicals. 20%Pd/C carbon 0378-7753/$ – see front matter © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.03.022
  • 2. T. Maiyalagan, K. Scott / Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251 5247 black was purchased from (E-TEK, USA); Nafion 5 wt.% solution was sion electron microscope, operating at an accelerating voltage of obtained from Sigma–Aldrich and was used as received. 100 keV. 2.2. Preparation of 20% Pd–Ni (3:1)/CNF catalyst 2.4. Electrochemical measurements The as-received CNF was treated with aqueous solution of HNO3 Glassy carbon (GC) (BAS) electrode (0.07 cm2 ) was polished to under magnetic stirring for 24 h [28]. The oxidized fibers were then a mirror finish with 0.05 m alumina suspensions before each repeatedly washed with distilled water to remove residual acid and experiment and served as substrate for the working electrode. The evaporated to dryness. working electrodes were fabricated by coating catalyst ink onto a The required amount of PdCl2 and NiCl2 ·6H2 O, were added to glassy carbon electrode. The catalysts ink was prepared by dispers- 10 ml of water and 60 mg functionalized CNF were mixed by mag- ing 35 mg of the catalyst in 0.8 cm3 of deionized water, and 0.2 cm3 netic stirring for 3 h to achieve 20% Pd loading. Excess, dilute NaBH4 of 5 wt.% Nafion solution and ultrasonicated for 20 min. Nafion was solution was added to the solution to reduce the Pd and Ni species used simply as a binder. A known amount of suspension was added to form electro-catalyst. After that electro-catalyst was repeatedly to the glassy carbon (GC) electrode and slowly dried in air. The washed with distilled water to remove residual salts, centrifuged loading of the noble metal catalyst was 0.3 mg cm−2 . A solution of and dried at 70 ◦ C. The catalyst obtained is the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst 1.0 mol dm−3 (M) ethanol in 1 M KOH was used to study ethanol with 20 wt.% Pd and the atomic ratio of Pd:Ni = 3:1. oxidation activity. Electrochemical measurements were collected using a com- 2.3. Catalyst characterization puter controlled Gill AC potentiostat (ACM Instruments Ltd., Cumbria, UK). All experiments were carried out in a three-electrode Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X- glass cell, incorporating the glassy carbon working electrode, ray (EDX) measurements were carried out using a JEOL JSM-5300LV a mercury–mercury oxide reference electrode and a platinum scanning electron microscope with a ROUTEC UHV Dewar Detec- mesh (25 mm × 25 mm) counter electrode. All the electrochemi- tor at an acceleration voltage of 25 kV. Powder X-ray diffraction cal experiments were carried out at room temperature in 1 M KOH was recorded on a PAN analytical X’Pert Pro MPD diffractome- electrolyte. The electrolyte solution was purged with high purity ter using CuK radiation. For transmission electron microscopic nitrogen for 30 min prior to a series of voltammetric experiments. studies, catalysts dispersed in ethanol were placed on the copper The catalytic performance was observed in 1 mol dm−3 KOH solu- grid and the images were obtained using Phillips CM100 transmis- tion, 1 M ethanol at pH 14. Current densities were calculated based Fig. 1. SEM images of (a) Pd/C, (b) Pd–Ni/CNF and (c) EDX spectra of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts.
  • 3. 5248 T. Maiyalagan, K. Scott / Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251 on the geometric area of the electrode. Triply distilled water was used throughout for the preparation of solutions. 3. Results and discussion The micrograph of the Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes have been investigated by SEM (Fig. 1) and the EDX spectrum for Pd–Ni/CNF is presented in Fig. 1c respectively. The agglomerated globular mor- phology of Pd/C resulted in rough surface with larger particles. The surface morphology of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts was found to be uniform and tubular walls are sufficiently decorated with nanopar- ticles. EDX analysis confirmed the presence of Pd and Ni in the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst. According to the EDX measurements (Fig. 1c), Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst prepared in this work contained 20.1 wt.% of Pd with a Pd/Ni atomic ratio of 3:1.0–1.1, which agrees well with the stoichiometric ratio of 3:1 used in the starting mixture. Fig. 2 shows the XRD profiles of the Pd/C (curve a) and Pd–Ni/CNFs (curve b) catalysts. XRD patterns reveal the bulk struc- ture of the catalyst and its support. It can be seen that the first peak located at a 2 value of about 26◦ is referred to carbon (0 0 2). The other four peaks are characteristic of face centered cubic (fcc) crys- talline Pd (JCPDS, Card No. 05-0681), corresponding to the planes (1 1 1), (2 0 0), (2 2 0) and (3 1 1) at 2 values of about, 47◦ , 68◦ and 82◦ . The nickel particles are air-sensitive, both in the stable sus- pension and in the solid state. The presence of the oxide phase NiO (reflections (2 0 0) and (2 2 0)) can be observed on the electron diffraction pattern [29]. The average particle sizes of the catalyst were calculated from Pd (2 2 0) peak by the Scherrer formula [30]: k d (Å ) = ˇ cos  where k is a coefficient (0.9), the wavelength of X-ray used (1.54056 Å), ˇ the full-width half maximum and  is the angle at position of peak maximum. The mean particle size obtained from the XRD patterns were 2.9 nm for Pd/C and 2.5 nm for Pd–Ni/CNF. Typical TEM images of the Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts (Fig. 3) show an average par- ticle size of 4.8 and 4.0 nm for Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF respectively. Thus, the values of the mean particle size obtained from XRD are slightly lower than that obtained from TEM analysis. Although some agglomeration of Pd nanoparticles occurred on the Vulcan support, it can be seen from the TEM image that Pd particles dispersion was Fig. 3. TEM images of (a) Pd/C and (b and c) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts. reasonably uniform on the outer walls of the CNFs. Considering that Pd nanoparticles strongly interact with oxygen atoms, it can be suggested that Pd nucleation centers occur in the proximity of oxygenated defects created during the treatment. Therefore, the Fig. 2. XRD patterns of (a) Pd/C and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts. improved metal nanoparticle dispersion for the nitric acid-treated
  • 4. T. Maiyalagan, K. Scott / Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251 5249 Fig. 4. Cyclic voltammogram of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts in 1 M KOH Fig. 5. Cyclic voltammograms of Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH with a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 , 25 ◦ C. solution at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 (20 scans), 25 ◦ C. CNF can be attributed to the creation of dispersed oxidized vacan- cies at the CNF-surface by the HNO3 treatment [31]. The cyclic voltammograms (CV) of Pd–Ni/CNF and Pd/C electro- catalysts in the absence of ethanol are shown in Fig. 4. On the cathodic scan, the palladium oxide layer is reduced, with a reduc- tion peak at −0.270 V. The cyclic voltammetric behavior of the Pd/carbon/GC electrode was a little different from that of palladium electrode reported [32]. The potential region from −800 to −500 mV versus Hg/HgO on the CV curve of the catalyst in background solution is associated with the hydrogen adsorption/desorption [33]. The electrochem- ical active surface areas (EASAs) of catalysts were measured by integrating the charge on hydrogen adsorption–desorption regions by cyclic voltammetry. These values given in Table 1, can be cal- culated after the deduction of the double layer region on the CV curves represents the charge passed for the hydrogen desorption, QH , and is proportional to the electrochemically active area (EAA) Fig. 6. Cyclic voltammograms of ethanol electro-oxidation on (a) Pd/C and of the electro-catalysts [34]. The value QH = 15. 5 mC cm−2 for the (b) Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH solution at a scan rate of 10 mV s−1 (recorded after 20 scans), 25 ◦ C. Pd–Ni/CNF electrode is much higher than 2.7 mC cm−2 for the Pd/C electrode. The cyclic voltammograms of Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts for ethanol The typical cyclic voltammograms of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF cata- oxidation during the first 20 cycles are shown in Fig. 5. The mag- lysts for ethanol oxidation in 1.0 M KOH/1.0 M ethanol solution at nitude of reduction in current is lower as the number of cycles room temperature are shown in Fig. 6. In the forward scan, the oxi- increases from 1 to 20. Then the peak current remained almost con- dation peak corresponds to the oxidation of freshly chemisorbed stant and the current density was hardly changed after 20 cycles. species coming from ethanol adsorption. The reverse scan peak The relatively good stability of the ethanol oxidation current over is primarily associated with removal of carbonaceous species not repetitive potential cycling seems to suggest that surface poisoning completely oxidized in the forward scan than the oxidation of by reaction intermediates is insignificant. freshly chemisorbed species. Table 1 Comparison of activity of ethanol oxidation between Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes. S. no Electrode Onset potential (V) EASA (mC cm−2 ) Activitya Forward sweep Reverse sweep −2 −2 I (mA cm ) E (mA cm ) I (mA cm−2 ) E (mA cm−2 ) 1 Pd/C −0.5 2.7 47.8 −0.03 72.5 −0.14 2 Pd/Cb −0.524 1.91 28 – – – 3 Pd/HCSb – 10.7 90 – – – 4 Pd–Ni/CNF −0.7 15.5 199.8 −0.17 264.5 −0.26 5 Pd–NiO(6:1)/Cc −0.62 – 95 −0.08 – – a Activity evaluated from cyclic voltammogram in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH. b From Ref. [32]. c From Ref. [33].
  • 5. 5250 T. Maiyalagan, K. Scott / Journal of Power Sources 195 (2010) 5246–5251 Fig. 7. Linear potential sweep curves: (a) Pd/C catalysts and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts in 1 M KOH/1 M C2 H5 OH solution with a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 , (—) 25 ◦ C and (—-): 60 ◦ C. Fig. 8. Tafel plot of (a) Pd/C catalysts and (b) Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts in 1 M KOH/1 M The Pd–Ni catalyst supported on CNF (Pd–Ni/CNF) catalyst C2 H5 OH solution with a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 , 25 and 60 ◦ C. showed a better activity for ethanol oxidation than Pd/C. The onset potential for EOR on Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalyst was 200 mV more negative in comparison with that of Pd/C electro-catalyst. Simi- The kinetic parameters of ethanol oxidation on Pd/C and lar values for Pd–NiO/C were reported [35]. It is clear that the Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts were obtained from Tafel plots, shown in Fig. 8. involvement of Ni significantly increased the catalytic activity at the The Tafel slopes for Pd/C catalyst were 193 and 205 mV dec−1 at same Pd loadings. The peak current density for ethanol oxidation 25 and 60 ◦ C, respectively and for Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst were 196 is 200 mA cm−2 on the Pd–Ni/CNF electrode, was four times higher and 213 mV dec−1 at 25 and 60 ◦ C, respectively. The results of Pd/C than on the Pd/C electrode, 47.8 mA cm−2 . The forward peak poten- catalyst are in agreement with the literature [36]. tial for the electro-oxidation of ethanol on the Pd–Ni/CNF electrode By extrapolating the Tafel line, to the point at where the over- was −0.17 V (versus Hg/HgO), lower than −0.03 V (versus Hg/HgO) potential equals zero. The exchange current density, i0 , can be for Pd/C catalyst. The high peak oxidation current and low anodic obtained. It is evident from the Tafel plot in Fig. 8 that the cal- peak potential show that Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts were more culated exchange current density i0 for the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst is active than the Pd/C electrode. Moreover, the higher catalytic cur- significantly greater than for the Pd/C catalyst. This data indicates rents at more negative potentials on Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalysts the Pd–Ni/CNF catalyst has a higher activity for ethanol oxidation in could potentially improve the DEFC efficiency. Evaluation of these alkaline media than the Pd/C catalyst and values are given in Table 2, catalysts in DEFC using anion conducting membranes will be the at the two different temperatures. The exchange current densi- subject of future research. ties for ethanol oxidation on Pd–Ni/CNF electrode were almost two The effect of temperature on ethanol oxidation for Pd/C and orders higher than that on Pd/C electrodes. Pd–Ni/CNF catalysts was investigated by performing linear sweep The electrochemical stability of Pd/C and Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes voltammograms at a scan rate of 1 mV s−1 at temperatures 25 and for ethanol electro-oxidation was also investigated by chronoam- 60 ◦ C (data shown in Fig. 7a and b, respectively). Current density perometry. Fig. 9 shows the current density–time plots of Pd/C and increased significantly with the higher temperature, i.e. peak cur- Pd–Ni/CNF electrodes in 1 M KOH and 1 M ethanol at −0.5 V. rent density was some three times greater, indicating an increase The results indicate that the improvement in the activity in reaction kinetics. of Pd–Ni/CNF electro-catalyst for ethanol oxidation may partly
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