Preparation and characterization of nano-sized Pt-Ru/C catalysts and their superior catalytic activities for methanol and ethanol oxidation

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2011-01-01

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Sen, Selda
Sen, Fatih
Gökağaç Arslan, Gülsün

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Carbon-supported PtRu nanoparticles (Ru/Pt: 0.25) were prepared by three different methods; simultaneous reduction of PtCl(4) and RuCl(3) (catalyst I) and changing the reduction order of PtCl4 and RuCl3 (catalysts II and III) to enhance the performance of the anodic catalysts for methanol and ethanol oxidation. Structure, microstructure and surface characterizations of all the catalysts were carried out by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results of the XRD analysis showed that all catalysts had a face-centered cubic (fcc) structure with different and smaller lattice parameters than that of pure platinum, showing that the Ru incorporates into the Pt fcc structure by different ratios in all the catalysts. The typical particle sizes of all catalysts were in the range of 2-3 nm. The most active and stable catalyst for methanol and ethanol oxidation is catalyst III, in which a large amount (more than 90%) of PtRu alloy formation was observed. It has been found that this catalyst is about 8.0 and 33.4 times more active at similar to 0.60 V towards the methanol and ethanol oxidation reactions, respectively, compared to the commercial Pt catalyst.

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Fuel-cell applications, Formic-acid, Nanoparticle electrocatalyst, Ruthenium nanoparticles, Microemulsion synthesis, Platinum nanoparticles, Mass-spectrometry, Tert-octanethiol, Electrooxidation, Carbon

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/39495

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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

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https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cp20064j

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S. Sen, F. Sen, and G. Gökağaç Arslan, “Preparation and characterization of nano-sized Pt-Ru/C catalysts and their superior catalytic activities for methanol and ethanol oxidation,” PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, pp. 6784–6792, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/39495.