Carbon-supported pt-sno2 catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction over a wide temperature range: Rotating disk electrode study

Abstract

Pt/C and Pt/x-SnO2/C catalysts (where x is mass content of SnO2) were synthesized using a polyol method. Their kinetic properties towards oxygen reduction reaction were studied by a rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique in a temperature range from 1 to 50◦C. The SnO2 content of catalyst samples was 5 and 10 wt.%. A quick evaluation of the catalyst activity, electrochemical behavior and average number of transferred electrons were performed using the RDE technique. It has been shown that the use of x-SnO2 (through modification of the carbon support) in a binary system together with Pt does not reduce the catalyst activity in the temperature range of 1–30◦C. The temperature rising up to 50◦C resulted in composite catalyst activity reduction at about 30%.