Issue 28, 2013

Structural and electrochemical characterization of carbon supported Pt–Pr catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells prepared using a modified formic acid method in a CO atmosphere

Abstract

Pt–Pr/C electrocatalysts were prepared using a modified formic acid method, and their activity for carbon monoxide and ethanol oxidation was compared to Pt/C. No appreciable alloy formation was detected by XRD analysis. By TEM measurements it was found that Pt particle size increases with an increasing Pr content in the catalysts and with decreasing metal precursor addition time. XPS measurements indicated Pt segregation on the catalyst surface and the presence of Pr2O3 and PrO2 oxides. The addition of Pr increased the electro-catalytic activity of Pt for both CO and CH3CH2OH oxidation. The enhanced activity of Pt–Pr/C catalysts was ascribed to both an electronic effect, caused by the presence of Pr2O3, and the bi-functional mechanism, caused by the presence of PrO2.

Graphical abstract: Structural and electrochemical characterization of carbon supported Pt–Pr catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells prepared using a modified formic acid method in a CO atmosphere

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Mar 2013
Accepted
04 May 2013
First published
08 May 2013

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013,15, 11730-11739

Structural and electrochemical characterization of carbon supported Pt–Pr catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells prepared using a modified formic acid method in a CO atmosphere

P. G. Corradini, E. Antolini and J. Perez, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 11730 DOI: 10.1039/C3CP51183A

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