A facile method was used to prepare gold-platinum (Au-Pt) catalysts by direct electrodeposition via cyclic voltammetry in an acidic medium. Various parameters that affect the properties of electrodeposited catalysts were investigated such as initial applied potential, scan rate and deposition time. Initial applied potential plays a more important role in the preparation of bimetallic nanoparticles (AuPtNPs) since the kinetics of electrodeposition is in competition with the rate of hydrogen evolution. The AuPtNPs electrodeposited on pencil graphite (PG) were used to study the electrooxidation of hydroquinone. Various parameters such as pH, scan rate, concentration of hydroquinone and temperature were studied in the electrooxidation process. Apparent activation energy (E a) for the electrooxidation of hydroquinone, calculated from the Arrhenius plot, shows that AuPtNPs catalysts (electrodeposited on the PG) offer less activation energy (ca. 9.500 kJ mol−1) than the bare PG (ca. 10.345 kJ mol−1). The AuPtNPs/PG shows better catalytic performance than the PG electrode due to the greater surface area it provides, thus resulting in more active sites available for adsorption of hydroquinone molecules on the surface of the catalyst.
通过在酸性介质中循环伏安法直接电沉积,采用了一种简便的方法来制备
金铂(Au-Pt)催化剂。研究人员研究了影响电沉积催化剂特性的各种参数,如初始施加的电位、扫描速率和沉积时间。在制备双
金属纳米粒子(AuPtNPs)时,初始施加的电位起着更重要的作用,因为电沉积的动力学与析氢速率相互竞争。研究人员利用在
铅笔石墨(
PG)上电沉积的AuPtNPs来研究
氢醌的电氧化。在电氧化过程中研究了各种参数,如pH值、扫描速率、
氢醌浓度和温度。根据阿列纽斯图计算出的
氢醌电氧化的表观活化能(E a)表明,AuPtNPs催化剂(在
PG上电沉积)提供的活化能(约9.500 kJ mol-1)低于裸
PG(约10.345 kJ