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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages 2249-2252Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2009.10.001
Keywords
Direct formic acid fuel cells; Electrooxidation; Formic acid; Pd/f-MWCNTs; PdAu/f-MWCNTs
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- Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province [2006011016]
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In this work, PdAu nanocatalysts with different weight ratio of Pd and Au supported on functional multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) were prepared, and their electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of formic acid was also studied. The electrocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The electrochemical results showed that the 4Pd1Au/f-MWCNTs (by weight) catalyst, exhibited distinctly higher activity and better stability in formic acid electrooxiclation than the Pd/f-MWCNTs catalyst. The Nano-Au improves potentially the performance of Pd-based electrocatalysts for the direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs). (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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