Abstract

To investigate the influence of ethanol catalyzed oxidation on activity of Pd/C with different ratio of Pd and C. Pd/C catalyst samples with Pd loads of 20, 30, 40 and 50 wt% were obtained by chemical reduction reaction of PdCl2 and NaBH4. The samples morphology and structure were characterized by XRD and SEM. The electrocatalytic oxidation activities of ethanol were examined by cyclic voltammetry in alkaline media. The results show that a face centered cubic (FCC) Pd phase can be identified in the sample powders. The average particle size of the Pd/C powder is about 10 nm. The performance of ethanol oxidation on 40 % Pd/C electro-catalyst is better than that of the other Pd/C samples.

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