A mesoporous LiFe0.99Mo0.01PO4/C composite was synthesized by the sol-gel method using (NH4)2MoO4 as a doping starting material. The formation of conductive carbon, metal doping and mesopores was achieved simultaneously in the prepared material. The characterizations of crystal structures and microstructures were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), extended X-ray-absorption fine-structure (EXAFS) and X-ray-absorption near-structure spectroscopy (XANES), while the surface area was determined using N2 adsorption techniques. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and charge-discharge cycling performance were used to characterize its electrochemical properties. The sample possessed uniformly distributed mesopores with an average pore size of 4 nm, and the specific surface area was about 69.368 m2/g. The results show that the reversible capacity of mesoporous LiFe0.99Mo0.01PO4/C is about 160 mAh/g at 0.1C, 135 mAh/g at 1C and 90 mAh/g at 5C, respectively. The capacity fading is neglectable.
Au-Pt/SnO2/GC composite electrode was prepared by self-assembling Au-Pt nanoparticles on SnO2 film, which was deposited on actived glassy carbon (GC). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images revealed that dense and uniform Au-Pt particles with 25-nm diameter were dispersed on SnO2 film. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results proved that there was an interaction between Au-Pt nanoparticles and SnO2 support. Electrochemical experiments showed that Au-Pt/SnO2/GC composite electrode had a good electrocatalytic activity to the oxidation of methanol.
A λ-MnO2 supported Pt nanocatalyst(5 wt.% Pt/λ-MnO2) was synthesized using a facile approach.X-ray diffraction(XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS), scanning electronic microscope(SEM), transmission electron microscopy(TEM), and energy disperse spectroscopy(EDS) were used for catalyst structure and morphology characterization, which showed that the metallic Pt particles were attached on a λ-MnO2 surface through the interaction between Pt and λ-MnO2.Cyclic voltammetry(CV) was used to test the catalytic activity of Pt/λ-MnO2 toward methanol oxidation, which showed that Pt/λ-MnO2 catalyst has much higher catalytic activity than baseline Pt/C catalyst.
XIE Jia, LI Xiang, YU Zhihui, ZHANG Lijuan, LI Fan, and XIA Dingguo College of Environmental and Energy Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
