Synthesis and characterization of platinum nanoparticles on in situ grown carbon nanotubes based carbon paper for proton exchange membrane fuel cell cathode

Carbon Nanotubes Supported Metal Nanoparticles for the Applications in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)

“…Several recent reports show that CNTs can be chemically functionalized by silane coupling agents (Kamavarama et al, 2009;Ma et al, 2006;X. Sun et al, 2003;Villers et al, 2006).…”

Nickel oxide grown on carbon nanotubes/carbon fiber paper by electrodeposition as flexible electrode for high-performance supercapacitors

“…Recently, it is reported that the CNTs/CFP composite shows advanced electrochemical properties without the bonding requirement. For example, Kamavaram et al [16] have reported CNTs on the CFP substrates prepared by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) shows great promise in the application of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Lin et al [17] reported the fabrication of a hybrid by transferring CNTs onto CFP and demonstrated that the CNTs/CFP composite can be used as a current collector for electrode.…”

Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanotubes supported platinum nanocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

“…Numerous catalyst support materials for PEMFCs have been actively investigated, like various high surface area carbon [5], boron-doped carbon [6], carbon nanofibers (CNFs) [7], multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) [8,9], CNTs directly grown carbon paper [10,11], single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) [12], etc. However, MWCNTs and their composites as catalyst support material have wide-scale interest due to their unique properties such as high chemical and oxidative stability, extraordinary mechanical strength, good electronic conductivity, high surface area and relatively simple manufacturing process.…”

“…These approaches include: polyol process [18], electrodeposition [19], sonochemical processes [20], sputter deposition [21], gas reduction [22] and solution reduction method [10,12]. All these methods have been successful in yielding Pt nanoparticles but with wide particle size ranges, essentially due to agglomeration or inefficient control on the growth of nuclei.…”