Influence of activated carbon porous texture on catalyst activity for ethanol electro-oxidation

Electrooxidation behavior of ethanol toward carbon microbead-encapsulated ZnO particles derived from coffee waste

“…Hence, to solve these problems, various Pt-based bimetallic alloys (PtRu, PtPd, and PtSn) have been used to enhance the catalytic activity and reduce the cost; on the other hand, these Pt-based bimetallic electrocatalysts seriously suffer from heavy aggregation [16][17][18]. To address this problem, as an alternative to precious metals, to minimize the cost of the metal catalyst, and to reduce the catalyst poisoning, various carbon supports such as graphene [19,20], multiwall carbon nanotube [21], activated carbon [22], and carbon nanofibers [23] have often been used as supporting materials for both precious and non-precious functional materials. However, as an alternative to the existing commercial activated carbon, a large number of natural sources such as nutshell, coconut shell, peanut, sugarcane bagasse, sawdust, rice husks have been used to synthesize activated carbon [24][25][26][27][28][29].…”

Ultrafine porous carbon fiber and its supported platinum catalyst for enhancing performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

“…Andersen et al [11] investigated the durability of CNFs and CNTs as catalyst supports, and they found both CNFs and CNTs had better stability than traditional carbon black, while CNFs showed a higher stability than CNTs during the entire investigation. It has been observed that there is some influence of activated carbon porous texture on Pt catalyst activity [15]. Though thin, the CL structure is complex -generally consisting of several interconnected networks for proton, electron and reactant transport, respectively [16].…”

Softwood Kraft Pulp-Derived Carbon-Supported PtNi Catalysts for the Electrooxidation of Ethanol

“…, respectively (da Silva et al, 2014). Fang and coworkers synthesized pectin-derived porous carbon spheres (S BET 2,440 m 2 g −1 and V T 1.28 cm 3 g −1 ) as Pt catalyst support (Fan et al, 2015).…”

“…During the last years, the biocarbons have been proposed as the cheapest and eco-friendly alternative to replacing the commercial carbon black powders and other expensive materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene in the electrodes of different electrochemical devices like fuel cells, supercapacitors, and batteries (Guo et al, 2014;da Silva et al, 2014;Nieva Lobos et al, 2016b;Liu et al, 2019;Pistone and Espro, 2020). Different biomass feedstock sources such as forestry and agro-industrial residues, as well as industrial and domiciliary wastes, can be employed for producing biocarbons by pyrolysis or hydrothermal methods.…”