Facile fabrication of hollow polyaniline/carbon nanofibers-coated platinum nanohybrid composite electrode as improved anode electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation

Electrochemically active platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) on carbon nanofibers (CNF) with electron-conducting polyaniline (PANi) nanocomposite fabricated by in situ electrodeposition using cyclic voltammetry on glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The bridging between the Pt NPs and CNF with the occurrence of platinum nitride (Pt–N) bonding and π–π bonding demonstrated the stability of PANi. Structural geometry and morphological view authenticates the...