Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 246, Issue -, Pages 75-88Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.06.040
Keywords
Au-MoO3; high index facets; ethanol oxidation; oxygen reduction
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- Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan [NSC-102-2923-035-001-MY3]
- Department of Science and Technology, India [GITA/DST/TWN/P-50/2013]
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The design of highly active electrocatalyst for ethanol electrooxidation (EOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of great significance for the improvement of efficient direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). Therefore, creating high index facets nanocrystals with abundant catalytic active sites of stepped atoms is an effective way to enhance the electrocatalytic performance. In this article, we prepared the high index surface structures of Au nanocrystals supported on one-dimensional (1-D) MoO3 nanorods by using two steps ultrasonic probe irradiation method. The size and physical properties of as electrocatalysts were studied by using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), and x-ray diffraction (XRD) instrumentation. Besides, the catalytic activity of as Au-MoO3 electrocatalyst was determined by using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoam-perometric (CA), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), CO-stripping, and linear sweep voltammetry-rotating disk electrode (LSV-RDE). As a consequence, the Au-MoO3 nanocomposites has been considered as an effective electrocatalyst for both ethanol oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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