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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 115, Issue 46, Pages 23067-23073Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp2083659
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- CNB-E through the Multidisciplinary Institute of Digitalization and Energy (MIDE)
- Academy of Finland
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To reduce the loading of noble metals on fuel cell catalysts a synthesis method providing evenly distributed nanoparticles on the support surface is needed. Narrow size distribution palladium nanoparticles were prepared on a porous carbon support by atomic layer deposition (ALD), and their activity for ethanol and isopropanol oxidation was studied electrochemically in alkaline media. Palladium particles had smaller average particle sizes on the support material resulting in similar to 50 mV lower onset potential and 2.5 times higher mass activity for alcohol oxidation compared with a commercial catalyst. The results indicate that the use of ALD allows the preparation of a noble metal nanoparticle catalyst, and this catalyst can provide similar mass activity with lower catalyst loading than current commercial fuel cell catalysts. This would significantly reduce the cost of the cell and provide a competitive advantage compared with other power sources.
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