A novel TiO2 nanofiber supported PdAg catalyst for methanol electro-oxidation

Jianfeng JU; Xi CHEN; Yujun SHI; Donghui WU; Ping HUA

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.058

A novel TiO₂ nanofiber supported PdAg catalyst for methanol electro-oxidation

Jianfeng JU^*, Xi CHEN, Yujun SHI, Donghui WU, Ping HUA

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A novel PdAg/TiO₂ nanofiber electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation was fabricated by using TiO₂ nanofiber as support. The structural and electrochemical properties of the PdAg/TiO₂ nanofiber catalyst were characterized by XRD (X-ray diffraction), TEM (the transmission electron microscopy) and electrochemical analysis. The experiment results showed that the large surface area and porous structure of TiO₂ nanofiber were preferable to the dispersion of nanosized PdAg alloy on the surface of TiO₂ nanofiber support. The electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation of the PdAg/TiO₂ nanofiber catalyst has shown promising electrocatalytic and anti-poisoning capabilities. The methanol oxidation mechanism of the PdAg/TiO₂ nanofiber catalyst was mainly resulted from the photocatalytic function of the composite TiO₂ material that had high catalytic activity without UV light illumination. The PdAg/TiO₂ catalyst might become a promising candidate for direct methanol fuel cell.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	478-483
Number of pages	6
Journal	Energy
Volume	59
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2013.06.058
Publication status	Published - 15 Sept 2013
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements:
This work was supported by the Research Foundation of the six people peak of Jiangsu Province (2010-XNY-002), Jiangsu Overseas research & Training Programme for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21203103, 11172231), DARPA (W91CRB-11-C-0112), and the National Science Foundation (CMMI-0643726).

Keywords

Anode catalyst
Direct methanol fuel cell
Methanol electro-oxidation
Support
Titanium dioxide nanofiber

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