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Effects of CeO2 pre-calcined at different temperatures on the performance of Pt/CeO2-C electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation reaction

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Pt/CeO2-C catalysts with CeO2 pre-calcined at 300–600°C were synthesized by combining hydrothermal calcination and wet impregnation. The effects of the pre-calcined CeO2 on the performance of Pt/CeO2-C catalysts in methanol oxidation were investigated. The Pt/CeO2-C catalysts with pre-calcined CeO2 at 300–600°C showed an average particle size of 2.6–2.9 nm and exhibited better methanol electro-oxidation catalytic activity than the commercial Pt/C catalyst. In specific, the Pt/CeO2-C catalysts with pre-calcined CeO2 at 400°C displayed the highest electrochemical surface area value of 68.14 m2·g−1 and If/Ib ratio (the ratio of the forward scanning peak current density (If) and the backward scanning peak current density (Ib)) of 1.26, which are considerably larger than those (53.23 m2·g−1 and 0.79, respectively) of the commercial Pt/C catalyst, implying greatly enhanced CO tolerance.

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    Guo-qing Li, Pu-kang Wen & Bing Li

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China

    Chen-qiang Gao, Tian-yi Zhang, Jun-yang Hu & Yu-hao Zhang

  3. Institute for Sustainable Energy, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200237, China

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  4. Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark

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Li, Gq., Wen, Pk., Gao, Cq. et al. Effects of CeO2 pre-calcined at different temperatures on the performance of Pt/CeO2-C electrocatalyst for methanol oxidation reaction. Int J Miner Metall Mater 28, 1224–1232 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-020-2076-2

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