Interfacial engineering of platinum catalysts for fuel cells: Methanol oxidation is dramatically improved by polymer coating on a platinum catalyst

Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Minoru Okamoto, Kazuya Matsumoto, Kenji Kaneko, Naotoshi Nakashima

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    Abstract

    All coated up: Platinum nanoparticles loaded on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are coated with pyridine-containing polybenzimidazole (PyPBI). Interestingly, although a slight decrease in the accessibility of methanol is observed after coating, the methanol oxidation activity of Pt dramatically improves after coating with PyPBI.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1701-1704
    Number of pages4
    JournalChemCatChem
    Volume5
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2013

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Inorganic Chemistry
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    • Catalysis

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