DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.12.2.803.287-292

Performance of Platinum Nanoparticles / Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes / Bacterial Cellulose Composite as Anode Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

1Physical Chemistry Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Jalan Kampus UNSRAT Kleak, Manado 95115, Indonesia

2Organic Chemistry Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Sam Ratulangi University, Jalan Kampus UNSRAT Kleak, Manado 95115, Indonesia

3Organic Chemistry Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

4 Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jalan Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia

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Received: 21 Nov 2016; Revised: 26 Feb 2017; Accepted: 27 Feb 2017; Available online: 8 May 2017; Published: 1 Aug 2017.
Editor(s): Istadi Istadi, Yuly Kusumawati
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Highly dispersed platinum (Pt) nanoparticles / multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on bacterial cellulose (BC) as anode catalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) were prepared with various precursors and their electro-catalytic activities towards hydrogen oxidation at 70 oC under non-humidified conditions. The composite was prepared by deposition of Pt nanoparticles and MWCNTs on BC gel by impregnation method using a water solution of metal precursors and MWCNTs followed by reducing reaction using a hydrogen gas. The composite was characterized by using TEM (transmission electron microscopy), EDS (energy dispersive spectroscopy), and XRD (X-ray diffractometry) techniques. TEM images and XRD patterns both lead to the observation of spherical metallic Pt nanoparticles with mean diameter of 3-11 nm well impregnated into the BC fibrils. Preliminary tests on a single cell indicate that renewable BC is a good prospect to be explored as a membrane in fuel cell field. 

Keywords: Type of Precursors; Anode Catalyst; Platinum Nanoparticles/Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Bacterial Cellulose; Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

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Section: The 2nd International Seminar on Chemistry (ISoC 2016) (Surabaya, 26-27 July 2016)
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