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Keisuke Fugane1, Toshiyuki Mori, Ding Rong Ou
1Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita13, Nishi8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628 Japan.
Abstract:
Pt-CeO(x)/C electrocatalysts for the improvement of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity on cathode were prepared by a combined process of precipitation and co-impregnation methods. The Pt-CeO(x)/C electrocatalysts pretreated by the optimized electrochemical conditioning process showed high ORR activity as compared with homemade Pt/C electrocatalyst. Also, it showed high stability in the cyclic voltammetry (CV) test up to 1000 cycles into 0.5 M H(2)SO(4) aqueous solution. On the basis of the data of cyclic voltammogram of 30 cyclic sweeps, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscope image, and selected area electron diffraction analysis, it is concluded that the Pt-CeO(x) heterointerface involving the defect cluster formed by using optimized electrochemical pretreatment conditions on Pt in Pt-CeO(x)/C electro-catalyst contributes to the promotion of ORR activity and retention of its stability in long CV tests up to 1000 cycles.
