Abstract
The ethanol electrooxidation behaviors on Pt/MO2/CNTs（M=Sn, Ti, Ce）and Pt/CNTs catalysts in H2SO4 solutions were researched by cyclic voltammetry. It has revealed that the catalysts with the addition of metal oxides presented higher electrooxidation activity for ethanol, in particular, the Pt/CeO2/CNTs catalyst showed the best activity for ethanol electrooxidation intermediate. The Pt/SnO2/CNTs catalyst demonstrated the best ethanol electrooxidation activity when considering the synthetic effects of such parameters as the onset oxidation potential, peak current densities and total oxidation area.
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Keywords
electrooxidation of ethanol, cyclic voltammetry, metal oxide catalyst
Publication Date
2012-04-28
Online Available Date
2012-01-15
Revised Date
2011-11-30
Received Date
2011-11-24
Recommended Citation
Yu-Long CHENG, Jie SUN, Ji-Gang LI, Li-Gong ZHANG, Tian ZHOU, Geng CHANG, Zhong-Chao DONG.
Ethanol Electrooxidation on Pt/MO2/CNTs Catalysts[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry,
2012
,
18(2): Article 6.
DOI: 10.61558/2993-074X.2892
Available at:
https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol18/iss2/6
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