Highly active Pt-on-Au catalysts for methanol oxidation in alkaline media involving a synergistic interaction between Pt and Au

Jianshe Wang,Ranran Shi,Xun Guo,Jingyu Xi,Jianhong Zhao,Chengying Song,Liucheng Wang,Jiujun Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.044

Highly active Pt-on-Au catalysts for methanol oxidation in alkaline media involving a synergistic interaction between Pt and Au

Jianshe Wang, Ranran Shi + Show 6 more

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.044

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Journal: Electrochimica Acta	Publication Date: Jan 21, 2014
Citations: 29

Affiliation: Zhengzhou University, Tsinghua University, University Town of Shenzhen, National Research Council Canada

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Several Pt-on-Au/SnO2-CNTs catalysts with different Pt loadings are synthesized through site-selective electrodeposition for catalytic methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in alkaline media. The catalysts are tested to exhibit extremely high Pt mass activity towards MOR, and the catalytic mechanism is proposed based on the synergetic effect between Pt and Au, in which the Pt entities provide Pt-OH for oxidation of alkoxide (CH3O−) while the Au surfaces provide adsorption sites for alkoxide. It is expected that this mechanism could be extended to developing high performance non-Pt catalysts for MOR in alkaline media.

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