Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 254, Issue 3, Pages 653-661Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.06.077
Keywords
combinatorial chemistry; fuel cell anode catalysts
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We used a high-throughput method to screen for direct methanol fuel cell anode electrocatalysts in the Pt-Bi-Pb system. Previous studies showed that PtBi and PtPb (both NiAs structure type) were active electrocatalysts for the oxidation of formic acid, but only PtPb was active in oxidizing methanol. We synthesized thin films with continuous composition spreads of the three elements by magnetron sputtering at deposition temperatures from ambient to 510 degrees C. A fluorescence method was then used to identify compositions that were active toward methanol oxidation. Only films deposited between temperatures of 160 and 400 degrees C showed electrocatalytic activity. The areas that were active for methanol oxidation showed predominantly the NiAs structure type according to XRD, with optimal activity for compositions near PtBi0.01Pb0.53. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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