Electro-oxidation of ethanol at sputter-deposited platinum-tin catalysts

被引:39
作者
Bommersbach, Pascale [1 ]
Mohamedi, Mohamed [1 ]
Guay, Daniel [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Quebec, Ctr Energie Mat & Telecommun, Inst Natl Rech Sci, Varennes, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada
关键词
D O I
10.1149/1.2747534
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
The electro-oxidation of ethanol was studied in Pt/Sn catalysts, prepared by sputter-deposition. The performances of four different Pt/Sn catalysts in the proportions of 95/5, 80/20, 50/50, and 25/75 were investigated using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Pt-50/Sn-50 appears to be the best electrocatalyst among the four studied alloys; the current density of the ethanol oxidation peak is the highest for Pt-50/Sn-50, and this catalyst also reveals the lowest charge-transfer resistance, which tends to decrease in spite of the application of higher potentials. (c) 2007 The Electrochemical Society.
引用
收藏
页码:B876 / B882
页数:7
相关论文
共 42 条
[1]   AC IMPEDANCE OF COMPLEX ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS [J].
ARMSTRONG, RD ;
FIRMAN, RE ;
THIRSK, HR .
FARADAY DISCUSSIONS, 1973, 56 :244-263
[2]   3-DIMENSIONAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY DIAGRAMS FOR PROCESSES INVOLVING ELECTROSORBED INTERMEDIATES, INTRODUCING THE 3RD ELECTRODE-POTENTIAL VARIABLE - EXAMINATION OF CONDITIONS LEADING TO PSEUDO-INDUCTIVE BEHAVIOR [J].
BAI, L ;
CONWAY, BE .
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA, 1993, 38 (14) :1803-1815
[3]   Electrochemical oxidation of ethanol on Pt-ZrO2/C catalyst [J].
Bai, YX ;
Wu, JJ ;
Xi, JY ;
Wang, JS ;
Zhu, WT ;
Chen, LQ ;
Qiu, XP .
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS, 2005, 7 (11) :1087-1090
[4]   New mechanistic aspects of methanol oxidation [J].
Batista, EA ;
Malpass, GRP ;
Motheo, AJ ;
Iwasita, T .
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 2004, 571 (02) :273-282
[5]  
Beden B., 1992, MODERN ASPECTS ELECT, P97, DOI DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-3376-4_2
[6]  
Boukamp B., 1989, EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT U
[8]   Mixed phase Pt-Ru catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell anode by flame aerosol synthesis [J].
Chakraborty, D ;
Bischoff, H ;
Chorkendorff, I ;
Johannessen, T .
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2005, 152 (12) :A2357-A2363
[9]   Methanol oxidation on Pt/Ru, Pt/Ni, and Pt/Ru/Ni anode electrocatalysts at different temperatures for DMFCs [J].
Choi, JH ;
Park, KW ;
Kwon, BK ;
Sung, YE .
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 2003, 150 (07) :A973-A978
[10]   PEM fuel cells as membrane reactors: kinetic analysis by impedance spectroscopy [J].
Ciureanu, M ;
Mikhailenko, SD ;
Kaliaguine, S .
CATALYSIS TODAY, 2003, 82 (1-4) :195-206