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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 329, Issue -, Pages 115-122Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.08.076
Keywords
Inositol hexakisphosphate; Palladium; Cu2O; Methanol oxidation; CO-tolerance
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21475088]
- International Joint Laboratory on Resource Chemistry (IJLRC)
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The CuO nanorods (NRs) are prepared with the help of inositol hexakisphosphate which serves as a binding agent and stabilizer. We have successfully fabricated Cu2O-decorated palladium networks (Cu2O/Pd Networks) by using such CuO NRs as reaction beds. Transmission electron microscopy images show that Cu2O/Pd network is composed of small and irregular fused nanoparticles with an average size of about 10 nm. Electrochemical results depict that the as-synthesized catalyst exhibits 2-fold higher activity for methanol oxidation than the commercially available 20% Pd/C catalyst and Pd black catalyst. Furthermore, CO-tolerance is also remarkably enhanced due to the presence of Cu2O. Such highly active, low-cost, and superiorly CO-tolerant catalysts of Cu2O/Pd Networks will open up a new avenue for direct methanol fuel cells. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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