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ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS
卷 5, 期 11, 页码 E62-E65出版社
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/1.1513021
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High temperature operation of direct methanol fuel cells is essential from the viewpoint of achieving a high performance with reduced amounts of Pt electrocatalysts used. A thin-layer flow cell of 0.1 mm gap is applied to evaluate the activity of PtRu (46 atom % Ru) alloy and Pt electrodes for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in a wide temperature range from 20 to 120degreesC in 1 M CH3OH + 0.1 M HClO4 solution under pressurized operation. The steady electrocatalytic activity could be evaluated by linear potential-sweep voltammetry under a certain electrolyte flow rate (>0.2 mL/s), which eliminated an effect of the oxidation current of hydrogen evolved at the proximate counter cathode. Onset potentials [vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE)] for the MOR shifted linearly to less positive potentials with elevating temperature, e. g., from 0.45 V (at 20degreesC) to 0.34 V (at 120degreesC) on the PtRu electrode and from 0.66 to 0.52 V on the Pt electrode, respectively. A low apparent activation energy of 16 kJ/mol for the MOR was found on PtRu at 0.45 to 0.55 V, which was smaller than that of 24 kJ/mol on Pt at 0.70 V. (C) 2002 The Electrochemical Society.
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