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The effect of acid/base functional-groups associated with platinized-carbon electrodes on their catalytic activity toward electro-oxidation of methanol in sulfuric acid electrolyte at 60-degrees-C is studied. Platinized-carbon electrodes with sm amounts of functional groups exhibit higher catalytic activity compared to those with large concentrations of acidic/basic surface functionalities. The overpotential for methanol oxidation is minimum on electrodes of platinized carbons with pHzpc values between 6 and 7. An x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study of various platinized carbons suggests that the acid/base surface functional-groups produce ample amounts of surface Pt-oxides and a consequent decrease in activity toward methanol oxidation.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Journal of the electrochemical society |
| Publisher: | The Electrochemical Society |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to The Electrochemical Society. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit |
| Date Deposited: | 31 May 2011 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 31 May 2011 09:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/36444 |
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