Co-catalytic effect of Ni in the methanol electro-oxidation on Pt–Ru/C catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell
- 1 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Electrochimica Acta
- Vol. 51 (26), 5691-5697
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2006.03.002
Abstract
This research is aimed to improve the utilization and activity of anodic catalysts, thus to lower the contents of noble metals loading in anodes for methanol electro-oxidation. The direct methanol fuel cell anodic catalysts, Pt–Ru–Ni/C and Pt–Ru/C, were prepared by chemical reduction method. Their performances were tested by using a glassy carbon working electrode through cyclic voltammetric curves, chronoamperometric curves and half-cell measurement in a solution of 0.5 mol/L CH3OH and 0.5 mol/L H2SO4. The composition of the Pt–Ru–Ni and Pt–Ru surface particles were determined by EDAX analysis. The particle size and lattice parameter of the catalysts were determined by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD). XRD analysis showed that both of the catalysts exhibited face-centered cubic structures and had smaller lattice parameters than Pt-alone catalyst. Their sizes are small, about 4.5 nm. No significant differences in the methanol electro-oxidation on both electrodes were found by using cyclic voltammetry, especially regarding the onset potential for methanol electro-oxidation. The electrochemically active-specific areas of the Pt–Ru–Ni/C and Pt–Ru/C catalysts are almost the same. But, the catalytic activity of the Pt–Ru–Ni/C catalyst is higher for methanol electro-oxidation than that of the Pt–Ru/C catalyst. Its tolerance performance to CO formed as one of the intermediates of methanol electro-oxidation is better than that of the Pt–Ru/C catalyst.Keywords
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