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Synthesis and Performance Study of Pd/CeO2 Composite Catalyst for Enhanced MOR Activity

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The present study investigates the interplay between structural composition and electrochemical characteristics of carbon-supported palladium-cerium oxide (Pd-CeO2) composites. The catalysts were synthesized using the polyol method and their potential for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) was examined. The characterization of the prepared composites are performed using X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. The results confirm the crystal structure and that there was uniform dispersion of Pd nanoparticles on the carbon support. The methanol oxidation activity was strongly affected by cerium in the Pd catalyst which is observed by cyclic voltammetry. The most active PCC3 composite (Pd/C with 30 wt.% CeO2) with significantly low Pd content showed remarkably higher activities than the commercial Pt/C catalyst. The Pd nanoparticles occupied the surface of CeO2, thus enhancing the Pd/CeO2 interface. The higher concentration of oxygen vacancies at the CeO2 surface developed strong interactions at Pd/CeO2 interface which improved the MOR effectively. The maximum current density of 1740 mA cm−2 at the voltage of 0.27 V was obtained with PCC3 (30 wt.%). These results showed that the CeO2 based Pd/C catalyst is an attractive candidate for anode material in a direct methanol fuel cell.

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  1. Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan

    Faizah Altaf & Rida Batool

  2. Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan

    Faizah Altaf, Rida Batool, Zohaib Ur Rehman & Ghazanfar Abbas

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot, Pakistan

    Hammad Majeed

  4. Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan

    Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi

  5. Department of Environmental Sciences, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan

    Asia Bibi

  6. Department of Bionanotechnology, Hanyang University, Ansan, 155-88, Korea

    Lubna Ghani

  7. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Faizah Altaf, Rida Batool & Karl Jacob

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Altaf, F., Batool, R., Rehman, Z.U. et al. Synthesis and Performance Study of Pd/CeO2 Composite Catalyst for Enhanced MOR Activity. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 7222–7229 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-09165-3

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