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Portugaliae Electrochimica Acta
Print version ISSN 0872-1904
Abstract
TUSI, M. M. et al. Preparation of PtRu/C Electrocatalysts by Hydrothermal Carbonization Process for Methanol Electro-oxidation. Port. Electrochim. Acta [online]. 2009, vol.27, n.3, pp.345-352. ISSN 0872-1904.
PtRu/C electrocatalysts were prepared by hydrothermal carbonization process using starch as carbon sources and reducing agents and platinum and ruthenium salts as catalysts of carbonization process and metals source. pH of the reaction medium was adjusted using KOH or TPAOH (tetrapropylammonium hydroxide). The obtained PtRu/C electrocatalysts were characterized by SEM/EDX, TGA, XRD and cyclic voltammetry. The electro-oxidation of methanol was studied by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The PtRu/C electrocatalyst prepared using TPAOH was more active for methanol electro-oxidation than the material prepared with KOH.
Keywords : starch; hydrothermal carbonization; PtRu/C electrocatalyst; methanol; fuel cell.