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Designing novel catalyst loaded electrode materials towards electrochemical sensing to energy applications
Kandambath Padinjareveetil, Akshay Kumar ; Escarpa, Alberto (referee) ; Vidal, Salvador Pané (referee) ; Pumera, Martin (advisor)
Exponenciální nárůst potřeby energie spolu s rostoucími nároky na zdravotnický sektor způsobuje velká rizika pro přežití lidstva na Zemi. V současné době probíhá intenzivní výzkum s cílem nalézt ideální řešení k překonání těchto globálních výzev. Využití elektrochemických energetických technologií je velmi žádané pro zmírnění rostoucích energetických požadavků ve spojení s výrobou novějších elektrokatalyzátorů, které jsou levné, účinné a odolné pro využití takových zařízení pro komerční aplikace ve velkém měřítku. Ačkoli se opakovaně studuje několik katalytických materiálů, existuje potřeba dalšího výzkumu katalyzátorů. V této studii jsou představeny nové techniky přípravy katalyzátorů pro vývoj aplikací těchto katalyzátorů pro výrobu vodíku a amoniaku. S rozšiřujícím se rozsahem technologie 3D tisku je také podrobně diskutována výroba elektrokatalyzátorů prostřednictvím této technologie s důrazem na elektrokatalytické aplikace, jako je výroba vodíku, syntéza amoniaku a redukce oxidu uhličitého. Kromě katalýzy tato práce také hodnotí potenciální možnosti využití technologie 3D tisku pro biomedicínské aplikace, jako jsou elektrochemické sensory. V sourhnu, práce si klade za cíl výzkum pokročilých elektrokatalůyzátorů spolu s poskytnutím vhledu do navrhování a konstrukci materiálů aktivních elektrod pro přeměnu energie a aplikace elektrochemických sensorů.
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Characterization and Analytical Application of Cobalt Pyridinoporfyrazinate as a Non-Platinum Mediator in Hydrogen Electrocatalysis
Klusáčková, Monika
This work reports on the cobalt pyridinoporphyrazinate (CoTmtppa) as a platinum-group metal-free catalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions with the possibility of use in hydrogen energy and hydrogen potentiometric sensing. A different interaction of CoTmtppa with various electrode substrates, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and annealed gold (Au(111)), affects its electrocatalytic behaviour in hydrogen reactions. The formation of a hydride-type complex with the bonding of hydrogen atoms to cobalt centre is supposed to be the rate-determining step. In the case of hydrogen evolution, the maximum catalytic activity of mediator was reached at pH = 11,0, when the HOPG/CoTmtppa showed overpotential decrease by 300 mV and an almost 60-fold increase of current densities compared to HOPG. The electrocatalytic activity of Au(111)/CoTmtppa resulted in a further decrease of overpotential by 175 mV in comparison with HOPG/Co(I)Tmtppa. The electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen was found to depend on hydrogen source which was electrochemically generated on-site or molecular hydrogen supplied from an external source. In the case of electrochemically generated hydrogen, the maximum activity of HOPG/CoTmtppa was reached at pH = 2.1 and an additional it was observed 50 % increase in current...
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Characterization and Analytical Application of Cobalt Pyridinoporfyrazinate as a Non-Platinum Mediator in Hydrogen Electrocatalysis
Klusáčková, Monika
This work reports on the cobalt pyridinoporphyrazinate (CoTmtppa) as a platinum-group metal-free catalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions with the possibility of use in hydrogen energy and hydrogen potentiometric sensing. A different interaction of CoTmtppa with various electrode substrates, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and annealed gold (Au(111)), affects its electrocatalytic behaviour in hydrogen reactions. The formation of a hydride-type complex with the bonding of hydrogen atoms to cobalt centre is supposed to be the rate-determining step. In the case of hydrogen evolution, the maximum catalytic activity of mediator was reached at pH = 11,0, when the HOPG/CoTmtppa showed overpotential decrease by 300 mV and an almost 60-fold increase of current densities compared to HOPG. The electrocatalytic activity of Au(111)/CoTmtppa resulted in a further decrease of overpotential by 175 mV in comparison with HOPG/Co(I)Tmtppa. The electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen was found to depend on hydrogen source which was electrochemically generated on-site or molecular hydrogen supplied from an external source. In the case of electrochemically generated hydrogen, the maximum activity of HOPG/CoTmtppa was reached at pH = 2.1 and an additional it was observed 50 % increase in current...
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Characterization and Analytical Application of Cobalt Pyridinoporfyrazinate as a Non-Platinum Mediator in Hydrogen Electrocatalysis
Klusáčková, Monika ; Nesměrák, Karel (advisor) ; Opekar, František (referee) ; Gál, Miroslav (referee)
This work reports on the cobalt pyridinoporphyrazinate (CoTmtppa) as a platinum-group metal-free catalyst for hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions with the possibility of use in hydrogen energy and hydrogen potentiometric sensing. A different interaction of CoTmtppa with various electrode substrates, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and annealed gold (Au(111)), affects its electrocatalytic behaviour in hydrogen reactions. The formation of a hydride-type complex with the bonding of hydrogen atoms to cobalt centre is supposed to be the rate-determining step. In the case of hydrogen evolution, the maximum catalytic activity of mediator was reached at pH = 11,0, when the HOPG/CoTmtppa showed overpotential decrease by 300 mV and an almost 60-fold increase of current densities compared to HOPG. The electrocatalytic activity of Au(111)/CoTmtppa resulted in a further decrease of overpotential by 175 mV in comparison with HOPG/Co(I)Tmtppa. The electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen was found to depend on hydrogen source which was electrochemically generated on-site or molecular hydrogen supplied from an external source. In the case of electrochemically generated hydrogen, the maximum activity of HOPG/CoTmtppa was reached at pH = 2.1 and an additional it was observed 50 % increase in current...
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