Enhancing methanol electrooxidation activity using double oxide catalyst support of tin oxide clusters on doped titanium dioxides

Exploration of Carbon Nanotube Forest Synthesis-Structure Relationships Using Physics-Based Simulation and Machine Learning

“…Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are widely studied for their promising mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties [1] that make them suitable for diverse applications including photodetectors [2], thin-film flexible electronics [3] [4], transparent conductive membranes [5], electrocatalysis support [6], bioelectronics [7] and physical sensors [8] [9] [10]. When CNTs are synthesized in dense populations known as CNT forests, however, a significant performance gap between individual CNTs and CNT forests is observed.…”

Fabrication of C@Mo Ti1−O2−δ nanocrystalline with functionalized interface as efficient and robust PtRu catalyst support for methanol electrooxidation

“…Despite their improved stability and electron transport properties, the highly graphitized interface of carbon nanotubes and graphene lacks interactions with catalytic metal NPs, resulting in difficulty when depositing novel metal NPs [26,37,[39][40][41] . Other alternative advanced supports such as metal oxides (MOs) have been investigated extensively owing to their robust chemical nature, hydroxyl groups with large surface areas, strong interactions with metal NPs as well as abundant availability [12,15,[42][43][44][45] . Nevertheless, MO supports lack electrical conductivity, which greatly impedes its utilization as support material for fuel cells [6,[46][47][48][49][50] .…”

“…Titanium oxides are widely discussed as photoelectric catalysts for its unique band structure. As a potential support for DMFCs, titanium oxides are non-toxic and commercially available compared to other MOs and their electronic structure and morphology are easily modified [45,[51][52][53][54][55] . Obtaining an abundant functionalized interface and to achieve sufficient electronic conductivity is imperative when applying MOs as support material for catalytic metal NPs.…”

On the Origin of the Enhanced Performance of Pt/Dendrite‐like Mn3O4 for Methanol Electrooxidation

“…[1] One of the major challenges for their commercialization, however, is the lack of efficient and inexpensive electrocatalyst. [1] One of the major challenges for their commercialization, however, is the lack of efficient and inexpensive electrocatalyst.…”

“…Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are considered to be the option with the most potential for clean and portable power generators, since the liquid fuel, methanol, is relative easy and safe to handle compared to hydrogen gas and can release a great deal of power when oxidized. [1] One of the major challenges for their commercialization, however, is the lack of efficient and inexpensive electrocatalyst. Up to now, precious metal still remains the crucial component in an anodic catalyst for methanol electrooxidation reaction (MEOR).…”