Mukherjee, Parthasarathi and Roy, Partha Sarathi and Mandal, Kaustab and Bhattacharjee, Debaleena and Dasgupta, Subrata and Bhattacharya, Swapan Kumar (2015) Improved catalysis of room temperature synthesized Pd-Cu alloy nanoparticles for anodic oxidation of ethanol in alkaline media. Electrochimika Acta, 154. pp. 447-455. ISSN 0013-4686

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Abstract

In search for cost-effective anode material of direct ethanol fuel cell, nanoparticles of Pd, Cu and PdxCu1-x alloy have been synthesized in absence of any capping agent by one pot reduction and co-reduction of respective metal precursors at room temperature. The spectroscopic and microscopic studies reveal that the particles are loosely agglomerated interconnected spherical shaped nanoalloy with a radius in the range of 17-25 nm. Electrochemical studies of graphite supported synthesized nanoparticles reveal that Pd0.90Cu0.10/C is the best and exhibits synergistic catalytic activity. This electrode shows the highest exchange current density for ethanol oxidation reaction and higher catalytic activity for oxidizing acetaldehyde. A reaction mechanism is also proposed in the study. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering Materials
Divisions:	Ceramic Membrane
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2015 12:10
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2015 12:10
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3045

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