Citation: Zhao-Hui HUO, Xue-Rong WEI, Yong HUANG, Ze-Yu CHEN, Wei-Bing CHEN, Qi-Tong ZHANG, Gang ZHANG, Geng-Long WEN, Jun-Jie SHI. Peanut shell-based porous carbon supported Pd-Co catalyst for electrooxidation of methanol in alkaline media[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(10): 2020-2032. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2023.157 shu

Peanut shell-based porous carbon supported Pd-Co catalyst for electrooxidation of methanol in alkaline media

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School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou 510303, China
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Engineering Technology Development Center of Advanced Materials & Energy Saving and Emission Reduction in Guangdong Colleges and Universities, Guangzhou 510303, China
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Shenzhen Fangrun Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518107, China

Corresponding author: Zhao-Hui HUO, huozhaohui@gdei.edu.cn
Received Date: 15 December 2022
Revised Date: 25 August 2023

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Peanut shells were used as raw materials and activated to peanut shell-based porous carbon (HC) by KOH. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption studies showed that the obtained porous carbon featured a total surface area as high as 1 645 m²·g^-1. Pd-Co/HC catalyst was prepared by the impregnation reduction method, in which HC was the carrier. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis demonstrated that Co in the catalyst was mainly in the form of Co and CoO, and Co was entered into the crystal lattice of Pd and formed a Pd-Co alloy. The TEM image of Pd-Co/HC_0.5-700 showed that numerous Pd-Co nanoparticles were successfully dispersed in the prepared porous carbon with a small particle size (ca. 4 nm). Pd-Co/HC_0.5-700 exhibited apparent electrocatalytic activity, CO tolerance, and stability towards methanol electrooxidation in alkaline media. This remarkable high performance can be attributed to the large surface area of the biomass carrier and the doping of Co into Pd.
- peanut shell,
- porous carbon,
- Pd-Co alloy,
- methanol electrooxidation
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