Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol on an Pd/Pyy/Niad-atoms Electrode

Abstract

In this paper we study the effect of Niad-atoms on the activity of a Pd/Pyy nanocomposite anode, we find that the catalytic activity of an anode towards methanol oxidation increased by threefold in the presence of Niad-atoms.

Nitrogen-assisted electroless assembling of 3D nanodendrites consisting of Pd and N-doped carbon nanoparticles as bifunctional catalysts

“…4b) of the dendrites taken before and after methanol oxidation that the band at 614 cm −1 related to Pd-OH is high for used dendrites. The -OH group felicitates the oxidation of CO, which is believed to be the rate determining step, formed as an intermediate in methanol electro-oxidation, 51 which in turn significantly improves the catalytic activity.…”