Title :
Electrochemical formation of platinum nanostructures for fuel cell applications
Author :
Plowman, Blake J. ; Mullane, Anthony P O ; Ippolito, Samuel J. ; Bansal, Vipul ; Bhargava, Suresh K.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. Sci., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol. (RMIT) Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We report the electrodeposition of platinum on evaporated gold substrates, which provides a method of synthesising surfaces which are active towards the oxidation of methanol. The inclusion of an inorganic growth direction agent is seen to provide a means of altering both the morphology of the deposits as well as their electrocatalytic behaviour.
Keywords :
catalysis; electrodeposition; inclusions; nanofabrication; nanostructured materials; oxidation; platinum; Au; Pt; electrocatalysis; electrochemical formation; electrodeposition; evaporated gold substrates; fuel cell; inclusion; inorganic growth direction agent; methanol oxidation; platinum nanostructures; Electrodes; Gold; Lead; Methanol; Platinum; Surface morphology; Surface treatment; directed growth; electrodeposition; methanol oxidation; nanostructure; platinum;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5261-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5262-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICONN.2010.6045226
