Metal‐based electrocatalysts for methanol electro‐oxidation: progress, opportunities, and challenges

Y Tong, X Yan, J Liang, SX Dou - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) are among the most promising portable power supplies
because of their unique advantages, including high energy density/mobility of liquid fuels …

Theoretical means for searching bimetallic alloys as anode electrocatalysts for direct liquid-feed fuel cells

UB Demirci - Journal of Power Sources, 2007 - Elsevier
The present paper reviews the best anode electrocatalysts, mainly the alloys, which have
been tested in direct liquid-feed fuel cells fed with methanol, ethanol or formic acid. It …

Selective methanol‐to‐formate electrocatalytic conversion on branched nickel carbide

J Li, R Wei, X Wang, Y Zuo, X Han, J Arbiol… - Angewandte …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A methanol economy will be favored by the availability of low‐cost catalysts able to
selectively oxidize methanol to formate. This selective oxidation would allow extraction of the …

Formate, an active intermediate for direct oxidation of methanol on Pt electrode

YX Chen, A Miki, S Ye, H Sakai… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - ACS Publications
The electro-oxidation of methanol on a Pt thin film electrode in acidic solution has been
investigated by in situ surface-enhanced IR absorption spectroscopy. A new IR peak is …

A first principles comparison of the mechanism and site requirements for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol and formic acid over Pt

M Neurock, M Janik, A Wieckowski - Faraday discussions, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
First principles density functional theoretical calculations were carried out to examine and
compare the reaction paths and ensembles for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol and …

Graphite nanofibers as an electrode for fuel cell applications

CA Bessel, K Laubernds, NM Rodriguez… - The Journal of …, 2001 - ACS Publications
The potential of graphite nanofiber supported platinum catalysts as an electrode for fuel cell
applications was investigated using the electrochemical oxidation of methanol at 40° C as a …

Noble metal-free hydrazine fuel cell catalysts: EPOC effect in competing chemical and electrochemical reaction pathways

J Sanabria-Chinchilla, K Asazawa… - Journal of the …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report the discovery of a highly active Ni− Co alloy electrocatalyst for the oxidation of
hydrazine (N2H4) and provide evidence for competing electrochemical (faradaic) and …

Electrochemical oxidation of ammonia on nickel oxide nanoparticles

F Almomani, R Bhosale, M Khraisheh, A Kumar… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract NiO and NiO–TiO 2 nano-catalysts were synthetized using solution combustion
synthesis (SCS) method and tested toward ammonia oxidation in synthetic and real …

Structure sensitivity of methanol electrooxidation pathways on platinum: an on-line electrochemical mass spectrometry study

THM Housmans, AH Wonders… - The Journal of Physical …, 2006 - ACS Publications
By monitoring the mass fractions of CO2 (m/z 44) and methylformate (m/z 60, formed from
CH3OH+ HCOOH) with on-line electrochemical mass spectrometry (OLEMS), the selectivity …

Mechanisms of methanol decomposition on platinum: A combined experimental and ab initio approach

D Cao, GQ Lu, A Wieckowski… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The dual path mechanism for methanol decomposition on well-defined low Miller index
platinum single crystal planes, Pt (111), Pt (110), and Pt (100), was studied using a …