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JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
Volume 178, Issue 6, Pages 1996-2000Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2005.04.006
Keywords
palladium nanoparticles; TiO2 nanotubes; methanol electro-oxidation
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Electro-oxidation of methanol in sulfuric acid solution was studied using palladium well-dispersed on titanium nanotubes, in relation to methanol oxidation processes in the direct oxidation methanol fuel cell. Pd dispersed on titania nanotubes, which leads to high surface area substrates, showed excellent catalytic activities compared to those of pure Pd and Pd-TiO2 nanoparticles. TEM results show a narrow distribution of TiO2 nanoparticles whose particle size is about 10 nm, and uniform nano-sized TiO2 nanotubes with 10 nm in diameters are seen from HRTEM. A homogeneous structure in the composite nanomaterials is indicated by XRD analysis. The composite electrode activities were measured by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and at 25 degrees C it was found that 3 wt% Pd in titania nanotubes had the best activity for methanol oxidation. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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