Direct alcohol fuel cells: a comparative review of acidic and alkaline systems

E Berretti, L Osmieri, V Baglio, HA Miller… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
In the last 20 years, direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been the subject of tremendous
research efforts for the potential application as on-demand power sources. Two leading …

Ethanol electrooxidation reaction in alkaline media for direct ethanol fuel cells

EA Monyoncho, TK Woo, EA Baranova - 2018 - books.rsc.org
Fuel cell technology dates back to 1839 when Grove demonstrated that chemical energy
from hydrogen and oxygen can be converted directly into electrical energy with high …

Engineering three-dimensional superstructure of Pd aerogel with enhanced performance for ethanol electrooxidation

SM Mostashari, RA Dehkharghani… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new, straightforward, and one-step method to synthesize self-supported three-dimensional
(3D) Pd aerogel utilizing formaldehyde as a reducing agent in an alkaline medium was …

Electrocatalyst performances in direct alcohol fuel cells: defect engineering protocols, electrocatalytic pathways, key parameters for improvement, and breakthroughs …

T Matthews, SP Mbokazi, TH Dolla, SS Gwebu… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs), energy conversion co‐occurs at the anode (alcohol
oxidation reaction [AOR]) and cathode (oxygen reduction reaction [ORR]). The sluggishness …

Atomic Layer Deposition of Pd Nanoparticles on TiO2 Nanotubes for Ethanol Electrooxidation: Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties

L Assaud, N Brazeau, MKS Barr… - … Applied Materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Palladium nanoparticles are grown on TiO2 nanotubes by atomic layer deposition (ALD),
and the resulting three-dimensional nanostructured catalysts are studied for ethanol …

The catalytic activity of Pt: Ru nanoparticles for ethylene glycol and ethanol electrooxidation in a direct alcohol fuel cell

JCM Silva, S Ntais, V Rajaraman, É Teixeira-Neto… - Electrocatalysis, 2019 - Springer
In this study, we investigated the carbon-supported PtRu nanoparticles with atomic ratios of
Pt: Ru of 100: 0, 90: 10, 70: 30, and 50: 50 for ethanol and ethylene glycol electrooxidation in …

Evaluation of carbon supported platinum–ruthenium nanoparticles for ammonia electro-oxidation: Combined fuel cell and electrochemical approach

JCM Silva, S Ntais, É Teixeira-Neto, EV Spinacé… - international journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ammonia electro-oxidation reaction (AmER) was investigated by using conventional
electrochemical experiments, direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) and galvanostatic electrolysis …

Efficient synthesis of PdIr nanocatalysts with controllable surface composition for electrochemical oxidation of methanol

C Fu, P Wang, RH Zhang, LY Yan, Z Cheng, X Zhang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Pure iridium (Ir) is easy to produce OH adsorbent species and has a wide range of
applications in electrocatalysis. The structure–activity relationship between controlled …

Niobium increasing the electrocatalytic activity of palladium for alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell

FM Souza, P Böhnstedt, VS Pinheiro, LA Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Palladium and niobium in 1: 0, 3: 1, 2: 1 and 1: 1 carbon black electrocatalysts,
respectively, were prepared by a chemical reduction method. The Pd 1 Nb 1/C …

Sn-containing electrocatalysts with a reduced amount of palladium for alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell applications

VS Pinheiro, FM Souza, TC Gentil, AN Nascimento… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work electrocatalysts based on Pd and Sn nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72
carbon black with a reduced amount of Pd were prepared. We evaluated its electrocatalytic …