Amorphous Pt@dCu/CNT catalyst for methanol elextrooxidation
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Date
2013
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South African Chemical Institute (SACI)
Abstract
A multi-walled carbon nanotube-supported, Pt decorated nano-sized amorphous PdCu alloy cores (denoted as Pt@PdCu/CNT)
catalyst with lower Pt loading is synthesized via a galvanic displacement reaction. The structure is examined using X-ray diffraction
(XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrochemical activity of the Pt@PdCu/CNT catalyst is tested by
cyclic voltammogrametry (CV) and compared to that of PtRu/CNT catalysts. The results show that amorphous Pt@PdCu/CNT
catalyst exhibits better electro-catalytic performances for methanol oxidation than its crystalline counterpart.
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Amorphous, Decorated structured, Pt@PdCu/CNT, Electrocatalyst, Methanol oxidation
Citation
Wang, H. et al. (2013). Amorphous Pt@dCu/CNT catalyst for methanol elextrooxidation. South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry, 66, 17-20