Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (8): 1320.

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Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol at the Titanium Oxide Electrode Modified with Pt Microparticles

YANG Hui1, XUE Kuan-Hong1, LU Tian-Hong2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210097;
    2. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, 130022
  • Received:1998-01-22 Online:1998-08-24 Published:1998-08-24

Abstract: The electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol at the Titanium oxide(TiOx, x <2) film modified with Pt microparticles has been studied. The results show that the modified electrodes exhibit a significant electrocatalytic activity and good stability for the oxidation of methanol. Under the optimal conditions, the peak current density at 0.58 Vfor the oxidation of methanol in the positive-going sweep is about 526 mA/cm2at the scan rate of 5 mV/s in0.5mol/L CH3OH and 0.5 mol/L H2SO4solution and the over potential of the methanol oxidation at the modified electrode increases about 30~40 mV after 70 minutes at the current density of 100 mA/cm2and 50 mA/cm2. The enhanced electrocatalytic activity and good stability are ascribed to the high dispersion of Pt microparticles in and on the TiOx film and the synergistic effect between Pt microparticles and TiOx.

Key words: Pt microparticles, Titanium oxide, Methanol, Electrocatalytic oxidation

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