Abstract
Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and stripping voltammetry were used to study the electro-oxidation of dimethyl ether (DME) on powder microelectrodes (PMEs) containing Pt black and Pt–Ru black. As evidenced by current–time curves of DME oxidation, Pt–Ru was better than Pt in catalytic oxidation of DME, which is due to the high concentration of OH ads species on its surface. Results also showed that high temperature not only promotes the oxidation of DME, but also increases the concentration of OH ads species formed by water decomposition. In addition, the performance of single direct DME fuel cell was investigated combined with gas chromatographic (GC) analyses of its anode outlet stream. Based on CV tests, a mechanism of DME electro-oxidation was tentatively proposed, indicating two kinds of DME adsorption modes, Pt–CO and Pt–COH existed on Pt surface.
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