The effect of the surface composition of Ru-Pt bimetallic catalysts for methanol oxidation
- Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Here, a series of Ru-Pt bimetallic catalysts prepared by the electroless deposition of controlled and variable amounts of Ru on the Pt surface of a commercially-available 20 wt% Pt/C catalyst has been characterized and evaluated for the oxidation of methanol. The activity of each Ru-Pt catalyst was determined as a function of surface composition via cyclic voltammetry. For the Ru-Pt bimetallic catalysts, activity passed through a maximum at approximately 50% monodisperse Ru surface coverage. However, due to the monolayer coverage of Ru on Pt, the amount of metal in the catalyst is minimized compared to a bulk 1:1 atomic ratio of Ru:Pt seen in commercial bimetallic catalysts. Chemisorption and temperature programmed reduction experiments confirmed that the surface had characteristics of a true bimetallic catalyst. On a mass of Pt basis, the activity of this composition for methanol oxidation was 7 times higher than pure Pt and 3.5 times higher than a commercial catalyst with a 1:1 Pt:Ru bulk atomic ratio.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC00112704
- OSTI ID:
- 1326766
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1359039
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-112680-2016-JA; R&D Project: CO009; KC0302010
- Journal Information:
- Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 195, Issue C; ISSN 0013-4686
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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