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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 54, Issue 13, Pages 3548-3552Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.01.001
Keywords
Electro-oxidation; Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC); Ferrate(VI)
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- Doctoral Foundation of Huanggang Normal University [06CD177]
- NSFC [20803096]
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The cyclic voltammograms (CVs) and current-time curves of methanol electro-oxidation, assisted by K2FeO4, decomposed K2FeO4 and Fe(NO3)(3) added in strong alkaline solution, were investigated on a Pt electrode. The results show that Fe(NO3)(3) and K2FeO4, especially decomposed K2FeO4, can promote the activity and poisoning tolerance of a Pt electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation in alkaline solution. We propose that iron(III)-containing compounds such as Fe(OH)(3) and FeOOH in a strong alkaline solution tend to encourage the formation of OH adsorption (OHads) species. which are necessary for the promotion of the CO-like intermediates of oxidation on the Pt electrode. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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