Palladium in fuel cell catalysis

E Antolini - Energy & Environmental Science, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon supported platinum is commonly used as anode and cathode electrocatalyst in low-
temperature fuel cells fuelled with hydrogen or low molecular weight alcohols. The cost of Pt …

Electrocatalysis of formic acid on palladium and platinum surfaces: from fundamental mechanisms to fuel cell applications

K Jiang, HX Zhang, S Zou, WB Cai - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Formic acid as a natural biomass and a CO2 reduction product has attracted considerable
interest in renewable energy exploitation, serving as both a promising candidate for …

Electrostatic self‐assembly of a Pt‐around‐Au nanocomposite with high activity towards formic acid oxidation

S Zhang, Y Shao, G Yin, Y Lin - Angewandte Chemie, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) have attracted growing attention as a promising power
source because of their high energy density, facile power-system integration, and …

A facile synthesis of MPd (M= Co, Cu) nanoparticles and their catalysis for formic acid oxidation

V Mazumder, M Chi, MN Mankin, Y Liu, O Metin… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Monodisperse CoPd nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized and studied for catalytic formic
acid (HCOOH) oxidation (FAO). The NPs were prepared by coreduction of Co (acac) 2 …

Ultra-uniform PdBi nanodots with high activity towards formic acid oxidation

H Xu, K Zhang, B Yan, J Wang, C Wang, S Li… - Journal of Power …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tuning the morphology and compositions of catalyst is an effective method for promoting
electrocatalytic intrinsic activity. However, many newly-generated nanocrystals with better …

Carbon supported Pd-based bimetallic and trimetallic catalyst for formic acid electrochemical oxidation

S Hu, F Munoz, J Noborikawa, J Haan… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2016 - Elsevier
The electronic structure and electrochemical performance of carbon supported Pd-based bi-
and trimetallic nanoparticles are investigated. Pd/C, PdNi/C, PdCu/C, and PdNiCu/C alloys …

Facile synthesis of PdO-doped Co3O4 nanoparticles as an efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst

T Hu, Y Wang, L Zhang, T Tang, H Xiao, W Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
The interfaces of multicomponent hybrid nanoparticles (MHNPs) have great effects on their
electrocatalytic activities. Herein, a highly active multifunctional catalyst heterostructure PdO …

DNA-functionalized graphene to guide growth of highly active Pd nanocrystals as efficient electrocatalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells

C Guo, L Zhang, J Miao, J Zhang, C Li - 2013 - digital.library.adelaide.edu.au
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is used to functionalize graphene and to further guide the
growth of ultrasmall palladium (Pd) nanocrystals with uniform distribution on graphene (Pd …

Pd nanoparticles supported on low-defect graphene sheets: for use as high-performance electrocatalysts for formic acid and methanol oxidation

H Huang, X Wang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Well-dispersed Pd nanoparticles supported on low-defect graphene (LDG) sheets are
successfully prepared by a soft chemical method. Our approach can efficiently avoid …

Facile synthesis of PdNi nanowire networks supported on reduced graphene oxide with enhanced catalytic performance for formic acid oxidation

D Bin, B Yang, F Ren, K Zhang, P Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reports a simple method, in which Ni nanoparticles act as seeds for the formation
of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) supported PdNi nanowire networks. The as-prepared …