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This paper presents the preparation of platinum on a reduced graphene oxide matrix (PtrGO) using the microwave-assisted method with three different pH solutions. The platinum concentration determined by energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) was 4.32 (weight%), 2.16 (weight %) and 5.70 (weight%), corresponding to pH 3.3, 11.7 and 7.2, respectively. Pt functionalization of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decreased the rGO specific surface, as shown by Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) analysis. An XRD spectrum of platinum-decorated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) showed the presence of the associated phases of rGO and centered cubic platinum peaks. An oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrochemical characterization performed using the rotating disk electrode (RDE) method showed that in PtGO1 synthetized in an acidic environment, with 4.32 Pt (weight%) determined by EDX, platinum is much more dispersed, which explains its better electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction performance. Koutecky-Levich (K-L) plots calculated at different potentials prove a good linear relationship. Electron transfer numbers () determined from the K-L plots are between 3.1 and 3.8, which confirms that the ORR for all the samples can be regarded as first-order reaction kinetics of O concentration formed on the Pt surface during ORR.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10004439PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16051897DOI Listing

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