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Preparation and characterization of Pt/Pt:CeO2−x nanorod catalysts for short chain alcohol electrooxidation in alkaline media

Christian L. Menéndez,†a   Yunyun Zhou,†b   Chris M. Marin,b   Neil J. Lawrence,b   E. Bryan Coughlin,c   Chin Li Cheung*b  and  Carlos R. Cabrera*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and NASA-URC Center for Advanced Nanoscale Materials, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936, USA
E-mail: carlos.cabrera2@upr.edu

b Department of Chemistry and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
E-mail: ccheung2@unl.edu

c Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA

Abstract

Multi-functional anode catalysts composed of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles electrodeposited on 2 wt% Pt decorated ceria (Pt:CeO2−x) nanorod supports were shown to enhance the alkaline electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol, ethanol and n-butanol over electrodeposited Pt nanoparticles alone or ones supported with pure ceria nanorods. The Pt:CeO2−x nanorod support was demonstrated to increase the current density of the investigated alkaline electrooxidation of methanol, ethanol and n-butanol by more than 30% over the other two catalysts.

Graphical abstract: Preparation and characterization of Pt/Pt:CeO2−x nanorod catalysts for short chain alcohol electrooxidation in alkaline media

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA03807J
Article type
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Submitted
25 Apr 2014
Accepted
23 Jul 2014
First published
23 Jul 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 33489-33496

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Preparation and characterization of Pt/Pt:CeO2−x nanorod catalysts for short chain alcohol electrooxidation in alkaline media

C. L. Menéndez, Y. Zhou, C. M. Marin, N. J. Lawrence, E. B. Coughlin, C. L. Cheung and C. R. Cabrera, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 33489 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03807J

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