Polybenzimidazole-modified carbon nanotubes as a support material for platinum-based high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell electrocatalysts

Highly sensitive detection of phosphate using well-ordered crystalline cobalt oxide nanoparticles supported by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

“…31 PBI also serves as an active binding site, as it is strongly adsorbed at the surface of pristine graphitized carbon ( e.g. , MWCNTs), and can strongly bind metal ions 32 such as Au, 33 Pd 34 and Pt 35,36 by coordinating them via nitrogen. 37…”

“…Moreover, PBI is known to effectively solubilize CNTs by acting as an exfoliator and individually wrapping CNTs based on π-π interactions. 31 PBI also serves as an active binding site, as it is strongly adsorbed at the surface of pristine graphitized carbon (e.g., MWCNTs), and can strongly bind metal ions 32 such as Au 33 , Pd 34 and Pt 35,36 by coordinating them via nitrogen 37 . Through high-resolution TEM imaging (Fig.…”

Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles under Microwave Irradiation: Get Much with Less Energy

“…Carbon nanotubes modified by polybenzimidazole were used to support 2-5 nm Pt nanoparticles via reduction with polyol under microwave treatment (60 s at 600 W) for application in proton exchange membrane fuel cells [128]. The developed materials are characterized by the uniform dispersion of Pt nanoparticles and are more efficient in hydrogen oxidation as electrocatalysts in comparison with a commercial Pt/C system.…”

Optimization of catalyst layer thickness for achieving high performance and low cost of high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell

“…A lot of works related to HT-PEMFC were reported in the last decade. Most of them focused on the flow field design [7][8][9][10], material development [11][12][13], degradation analysis [14][15][16] and system optimization [17][18][19][20]. However, the commercialization of HT-PEMFC is still hindered by some challenges.…”