Recent progress in the development of anode and cathode catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells

JN Tiwari, RN Tiwari, G Singh, KS Kim - Nano Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
Continuous growth in global energy demand has sparked concerns about energy security
and environmental sustainability. In the past two decades, attempts have been made in the …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting hydrogen and chemicals production through ethanol electro-reforming on Pt-transition metal anodes

A Rodriguez-Gomez, F Dorado, P Sanchez… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to boost the combined hydrogen and added-values compounds
generation (acetaldehyde, acetic acid and ethyl acetate) through ethanol electrochemical …

Pt nanowires as electrocatalysts for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells applications: A review

ESV Neto, CVS Almeida, F Colmati, EG Ciapina… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their high electrocatalytic activity, Pt nanoparticles are widely used as catalysts in low-
temperature fuel cells (FCs). However, the high cost and limited supply of Pt boosted the …

On the promotional effect of Cu on Pt for hydrazine electrooxidation in alkaline medium

R Crisafulli, VVS de Barros, FER de Oliveira… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Pt/C and PtCu/C electrocatalysts with nominal Pt: Cu atomic ratios of 75: 25, 50: 50,
and 25: 75 were prepared using N 2 H 4 as reducing agent and carbon black Vulcan XC …

Pd-based catalysts: Influence of the second metal on their stability and oxygen reduction activity

FI Pires, HM Villullas - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
PdM/C nanocatalysts (M= Ni, Fe and Co) were prepared by a polyol method varying nominal
composition and reflux time. XRD studies revealed the presence of uniform strain as well as …

Changes induced by transition metal oxides in Pt nanoparticles unveil the effects of electronic properties on oxygen reduction activity

FB Ometto, EA Carbonio, É Teixeira-Neto… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the relevance of electronic effects in the electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction
reaction has been recognized, the impossibility of separating the effects of composition and …

Effect of preparation conditions on the performance of nano Pt‒CuO/C electrocatalysts for methanol electro-oxidation

RS Amin, RMA Hameed, KM El-Khatib, H El-Abd… - international journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nano PtCuO particles were deposited on Vulcan XC-72R carbon black using the
impregnation and microwave irradiation methods. The prepared catalysts were …

Ethanol electro-oxidation on carbon-supported Pt3Sn/C, Pt3Cu/C and PtSnCu/C catalysts: CV and in situ FTIR study

MM Magalhães, JF Gomes, G Tremiliosi-Filho… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Carbon-supported PtSnCu/C, Pt 3 Sn/C, Pt 3 Cu/C and Pt/C electrocatalysts were
synthesized by chemical reduction of metal precursors in ethanol reflux. These materials …

Electrochemical alcohol oxidation: a comparative study of the behavior of methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol on carbon-supported PtSn, PtCu, and Pt …

RGCS dos Reis, F Colmati - Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Carbon-supported PtCu and PtSn (both with an atomic ratio of 3: 1) nanoparticles
were prepared by reducing Pt, Sn, and Cu precursors via refluxing in ethanol. They were …

Pt (Cu)/C electrocatalysts with low platinum content

AA Alekseenko, SV Belenov, VS Menshikov… - Russian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The structure characteristics and the electrochemical behavior of Pt (Cu)/C electrocatalysts
synthesized by consecutive deposition of copper and platinum on carbon-support …