Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (02): 331.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0251-0790.2012.02.021

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Electrooxidation of Formic Acid on Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Ordered Mesoporous Carbon

CHEN Ming-Hui, HE Chun-Lan, ZHANG Bin-Wei, JIANG Yan-Xia, CHEN Sheng-Pei, SUN Shi-Gang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2011-06-10 Online:2012-02-10 Published:2012-01-13

Abstract: Ordered mesoporous carbon(MPC) supported palladium catalysts were prepared by impregnation(MPC/Pd-1) and the method of using sulfur to embed noble metal[MPC/(S)Pd-2], respectively. The properties of the MPC/Pd were investigated by XRD, HRTEM, BET and electrochemical methods. Cyclic voltammetry and current-time curve show that MPC/Pd exhibits a very high catalytic activity for the oxidation of formic acid, which is 4.0(MPC/Pd-1) and 2.4 times[MPC/(S)Pd-2] that of commercial Pd black. Pd nanoparticles on MPC/Pd-1 are confined in the pores of MPC(5—6 nm), which increases the reaction interfaces of the three-phase boundary(catalyst-electrolyte-reactive), whereas Pd nanoparticles on MPC/(S)Pd-2 are loaded inside the small mesoporous of the pore wall(2—3 nm), which decreases utilization of the catalyst.

Key words: Mesoporous carbon, Palladium, Formic acid, Electrooxidation

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