Co-catalytic effect of Rh and Ru for the ethanol electro-oxidation in amorphous microparticulated alloys

Tamara C. Blanco; Ángel R. Pierna; Javier Barroso

doi:10.1002/pssc.201000778

Co-catalytic effect of Rh and Ru for the ethanol electro-oxidation in amorphous microparticulated alloys

Tamara C. Blanco^*
, Ángel R. Pierna
, Javier Barroso

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The ethanol electro-oxidation on platinum catalyst in acid media leads to the formation of acetaldehyde and acetic acid as main products. Another problem is the poisoning of the electro-catalyst surface with CO formed during the fuel oxidation reaction. To increase the performance of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells (DEFCs) it is necessary to develop new electrode materials or modification of the existing Pt catalysts. This work presents the electrochemical response to ethanol and CO oxidation of different compositional amorphous alloys obtained by ball milling technique, used as electrodes. Alloys with Ni₅₉Nb₄₀Pt_0.6Rh_0.4 and Ni₅₉Nb₄₀Pt_0.6Rh_0.2Ru_0.2 composi-tions were studied. The current density towards ethanol oxidation decreases with the presence of ruthenium; however, this electrode shows the best tolerance to CO, with lower surface coverage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3187-3190
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics
Volume	8
Issue number	11-12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pssc.201000778
Publication status	Published - Nov 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Amorphous alloys
Catalyst
Electro-oxidation
Ethanol

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Co-catalytic effect of Rh and Ru for the ethanol electro-oxidation in amorphous microparticulated alloys

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