Ethanol Electro-Oxidation on Pt/C and Pd/C Catalysts in Alkaline Media

2009 ◽  
Vol 08 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 203-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. LU ◽  
CHANGWEI XU ◽  
SAN PING JIANG

Nanocrystalline Pd electrocatalyst promoted with transition metal oxide ( Co 3 O 4, NiO , and CoNiO x) is successfully synthesized on high surface carbon support by using intermittent microwave heating (IMH) method. The physical properties of the catalysts are characterized by XRD, TEM, and EDX. The results show that there is no significant microstructure change between Pd and Pd -oxide electrocatalysts and the particle sizes are in the range 5.8–3.9 nm. The linear sweep voltammogram and chronoamperometry results for the electro-oxidation of ethanol show that Pd -oxide/ C electrocatalysts exhibit much better electrochemical activity and stability as compared with pure Pd / C electrocatalyst. The results show that Pd – CoNiO x/ C exhibits the best stability and highest electro-oxidation activity, indicating the promising potential as an alternative electrocatalysts for the direct ethanol fuel cells.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
pp. 3620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Zhang ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
Junzhe Sun ◽  
Tianyi Kou ◽  
Qingguo Bai ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1854-1863 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Arjona ◽  
S. Rivas ◽  
L. Álvarez-Contreras ◽  
M. Guerra-Balcázar ◽  
J. Ledesma-García ◽  
...  

Electrodeposition of Pd and Pt electrocatalysts on the entire structure of carbon paper and carbon nanofoam enhances the glycerol electro-oxidation.


RSC Advances ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (31) ◽  
pp. 11820 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Zhang ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
Junzhe Sun ◽  
Tianyi Kou ◽  
Changchun Zhao

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