Investigation of a Cathodic Bimetallic Catalyst Based on Platinum and Cobalt for Application in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells
A PtCo catalyst was synthesized by using a specific colloidal preparation route and a carbothermal reduction at 800°C. This treatment, caused the occurrence of a primitive cubic ordered (L1 2 ) phase, and a mean crystallite size of 3.3 nm, as well as a suitable degree of alloying. The electrocatalys...
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Published in | ECS transactions Vol. 58; no. 1; pp. 1715 - 1721 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
01.01.2013
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Summary: | A PtCo catalyst was synthesized by using a specific colloidal preparation route and a carbothermal reduction at 800°C. This treatment, caused the occurrence of a primitive cubic ordered (L1
2
) phase, and a mean crystallite size of 3.3 nm, as well as a suitable degree of alloying. The electrocatalyst was subjected to the pre-leaching procedure to modulate the surface characteristics. The catalyst after the carbothermal reduction at 800°C was further investigated at the cathode of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). A comparison with a commercial Pt catalyst was carried out. A higher performance in DMFC was obtained by using the bimetallic PtCo catalyst. |
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ISSN: | 1938-5862 1938-6737 |
DOI: | 10.1149/05801.1715ecst |