Synthesis and performance of palladium-based catalysts for methanol and ethanol oxidation in alkaline fuel cells

A New Composite Support for Pd Catalysts for Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation in Alkaline Solution: Effect of (Ru,Sn)O2 solid solution

“…Therefore, the addition of oxides, in particular the (Ru,Sn)O 2 solid solution, reduces the particle size of Pd in present work. Similar results have been reported in a Pd/C catalyst modified by SnO 2 in literature [25].…”

“…3b shows the Sn 3d XPS spectra of different catalysts. The peaks of Sn 3d 5/2 ($487.0 eV) and Sn 3d 3/2 ($495.5 eV) can be readily assigned for SnO 2 [25,42]. It is clear that the binding energy of Sn 3d 5/2 decreases from 487.25 eV for Pd/SnO 2 /C to 487.00 eV for Pd/RuO 2 -SnO 2 /C with the addition of RuO 2 , indicating the interaction between SnO 2 and RuO 2 in present work.…”

“…Moreover, some binary oxides, e.g., TiO 2 -SnO 2 [25], Sb 2 O 5 -SnO 2 [26] and In 2 O 3 -SnO 2 [27], have also been investigated as potential supports for Pd catalysts. In particular, Wang et al reported that a small amount of Ta cations can be doped into the lattice of tetragonal rutile SnO 2 to form solid solution structure.…”

Electrocatalytic performance of Pd nanoparticles supported on TiO2-MWCNTs for methanol, ethanol, and isopropanol in alkaline media

“…All current densities in the present study were normalized by the electrochemical active surface area (ESA) of Pd nanoparticles. The electrochemical active surface area of Pd nanoparticles was measured through the integration of charges in the reduction of palladium oxide formed over the top layer of the Pd particles that has been reported previously [28][29][30]:…”

Investigation on ethanol electrooxidation via electrodeposited Pd–Co nanostructures supported on graphene oxide

“…Hence, advances in the development of portable fuel cells have great impact on the application and development of future electronic devices [1e3]. During the last decade, growing attention has been paid to direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) for portable electronic devices because of their easy storage and transportation characters [4,5]. As an alcoholic fuel, ethanol has the following advantages: 1) major renewable bio-fuel from the biomass fermentation 2) low toxicity compared to methanol, and 3) facile electro-kinetics property in alkaline media [6,7].…”