Methane is an abundant
resource and the main constituent of natural
gas. It can be converted into higher value-added products and as a
subproduct of electricity co-generation. The application of polymer
electrolyte reactors for the partial oxidation of methane to methanol
to co-generate power and chemical products is a topic of great interest
for gas and petroleum industries, especially with the use of materials
with a lower amount of metals, such as palladium complex. In this
study, we investigate the ideal relationship between
cis
-[6-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine(dichloride)palladium(II)]
(Pd-complex) nanostructure and carbon to obtain a stable, conductive,
and functional reagent diffusion electrode. The physical and structural
properties of the material were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared
(FT-IR) and Raman spectroscopies, transmission electron microscopy
(TEM), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) techniques. The electrocatalytic
activity studies revealed that the most active proportion was 20%
of Pd-complex supported on carbon (m/m), which was measured with lower
values of open-circuit and power density but with higher efficiency
in methanol production with reaction rates of
r
=
4.2 mol L
–1
·h
–1
at 0.05 V.