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Effects of heat treatment and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) polymer on electrocatalytic activity of polyhedral Pt nanoparticles towards their methanol oxidation

Authors: Nguyen Viet Long, Michitaka Ohtaki, Masayuki Nogami, Tong Duy Hien

Published in: Colloid and Polymer Science | Issue 12/2011

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In this paper, the polyhedral Pt nanoparticles under control were prepared by polyol method using AgNO₃ and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) in the reduction of H₂PtCl₆ with ethylene glycol (EG). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high resolution (HR) TEM measurements were used to investigate their characterization. In the case of the previous removal of PVP by washing and heating at 300°C, the specific morphologies of polyhedral Pt nanoparticles were still observed. However, the removal of PVP only by heat treatment at 300°C without washing causes the significant variation of their morphology. The large Pt particles were observed in the self-aggregation and assembly of the as-prepared polyhedral Pt nanoparticles. The pure Pt nanoparticles by washing and heat treatment showed the electrocatalytic property better than PVP-Pt nanoparticles by heat treatment due to the incomplete removal of PVP and by-products from AgNO₃. Therefore, the removal modes of PVP without changing their characterization are required to obtain the good catalytic performance.

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Title: Effects of heat treatment and poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) polymer on electrocatalytic activity of polyhedral Pt nanoparticles towards their methanol oxidation
Authors: Nguyen Viet Long
Michitaka Ohtaki
Masayuki Nogami
Tong Duy Hien
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Colloid and Polymer Science / Issue 12/2011
Print ISSN: 0303-402X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1536
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-011-2460-6

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