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Highly active Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts for formic acid electrooxidation and study of the kinetics

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The new Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts are prepared for formic acid electrooxidation in direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs). According to XRD, TEM, and HRTEM results, WO3 particles are covered or overlapped with Pd particles, which have a uniform and narrow size distribution due to the highly dispersion of WO3-CNTs. The electrochemical results show significantly enhanced electrocatalytic performances for formic acid oxidation on Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts, especially its dramatically improved stability and excellent tolerance to CO poisoning, which is mainly ascribed to the interaction between Pd and WO3. Therefore, Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts show the great potential as less expensive and more efficient electrocatalyst for DFAFCs. Additionally, the kinetic parameters such as the charge transfer parameter and the diffusion coefficient of formic acid electrooxidation on 20 %Pd/20 %WO3-CNTs were obtained.

The new Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts are prepared and studied in the oxidation of formic acid, and the significantly enhanced electrocatalytic performances, especially its dramatically improved stability and excellent tolerance to CO poisoning show great potential as less expensive and more efficient electrocatalyst for the direct formic acid fuel cells.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (no. 2010DFB63680), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 21376220 and 21106133), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (no. LQ12B03003), Science and Technology Plan Project of Zhejiang Province (no. 2012C37028) and Taizhou College Students' Research Projects (no.13XS27).

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  1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310032, China

    Chun’an Ma, Yanxian Jin, Meiqin Shi, Youqun Chu & Yinghua Xu

  2. School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, Linhai, 317000, China

    Yanxian Jin, Wenping Jia, Qiaohua Yuan, Jiabin Chen, Huiling Pan & Qiuwei Dai

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Ma, C., Jin, Y., Shi, M. et al. Highly active Pd/WO3-CNTs catalysts for formic acid electrooxidation and study of the kinetics. Ionics 20, 1419–1426 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-014-1100-9

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