Issue 9, 2019

Carboxyethyltin and transition metal co-functionalized tungstoantimonates composited with polypyrrole for enhanced electrocatalytic methanol oxidation

Abstract

Carboxyethyltin and first-row transition metals (TMs) were firstly introduced into trivacant Keggin-type tungstoantimonate in an aqueous solution, leading to the formation of four crystalline organic–inorganic hybrid sandwich-type polyoxometalates (POMs), formulated as Na10−xyKyHx[((TM)(H2O)3)2(Sn(CH2)2COO)2(SbW9O33)2nH2O (SbW9-TM-SnR, TM = Mn, Co, Ni, Zn; x = 1, 1, 0, 0; y = 0, 5, 5, 2; n = 18, 24, 24, 22, respectively). SbW9-TM-SnR exhibit high catalytic ability for the oxidation of cyclohexanol. Meanwhile, SbW9-TM-SnR were composited with polypyrrole (PPy) through an electropolymerization process, forming PPy-SbW9-TM-SnR, on which platinum (Pt) was further electro-deposited to prepare PPy-SbW9-TM-SnR/Pt for electrocatalytic methanol (CH3OH) oxidation in acid solution. The composition and morphology of PPy-SbW9-TM-SnR/Pt were determined by IR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electrochemical experimental results show that SbW9-TM-SnR and PPy obviously enhance the electrocatalytic and anti-intoxication abilities of Pt, and the highest peak current density of 0.87 mA cm−2, corresponding to 1.85 and 1.43 times higher than those of pure Pt and PPy/Pt electrodes respectively, is acquired for the PPy-SbW9-Ni-SnR/Pt composite electrode. These findings may enlarge the application of PPy and POMs in the electrocatalytic field.

Graphical abstract: Carboxyethyltin and transition metal co-functionalized tungstoantimonates composited with polypyrrole for enhanced electrocatalytic methanol oxidation

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Dec 2018
Accepted
28 Jan 2019
First published
29 Jan 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 2977-2987

Carboxyethyltin and transition metal co-functionalized tungstoantimonates composited with polypyrrole for enhanced electrocatalytic methanol oxidation

H. Wang, X. Wang, F. Su, J. Li, L. Zhang, X. Sang and Z. Zhu, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 2977 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT05118F

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