Citation: Mohammad Karimi, Forouzan Aboufazeli, Hamid Reza Lotfi Zadeh Zhad, Omid Sadeghi, Ezzatollah Najafi. Electrocatalytic performance of Pt/Ru/Sn/W fullerene electrode for methanol oxidation in direct methanol fuel cell[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, ;2013, 41(1): 91-95. shu

Electrocatalytic performance of Pt/Ru/Sn/W fullerene electrode for methanol oxidation in direct methanol fuel cell

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Department of Chemistry, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, P. O. Box 18735-334, Tehran, Iran

Received Date: 6 August 2012
Available Online: 20 October 2012
Fund Project: Financial support from Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (SUNA). (SUNA)

In this work, fullerene was modified by platinum, ruthenium, tin and tungsten nanoparticles. The material was characterized by XRD, ICP-OES and TEM micrograph. The average nanoparticle size on fullerene was 5~8 nm. The application of this material was investigated as a catalyst for methanol oxidation in direct methanol fuel cell. A glassy carbon electrode was modified by Pt/Ru/Sn/W fullerene and electrocatalytic activity of the electrode toward methanol oxidation in basic medium has been demonstrated and investigated using cyclic voltammetry. The catalyst showed good reactivity for methanol oxidation.
- Pt/Ru/Sn/W nanoparticles,
- fullerene,
- methanol oxidation,
- modified electrode
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