Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (8): 1283.

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Studies on Electrocatalytic Performance of Titanium Oxide Electrode Modified with Pt Toward the Oxidation of Methanol

YANG Hui1, LU Tian-Hong1, LIU Chang-Peng2, LIU Jing-Hua2, SUN Gong-Quan2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China;
    2. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
  • Received:1999-05-20 Online:2000-08-24 Published:2000-08-24

Abstract: Electrocatalytic performance of the Pt-TiOx /Ti electrode prepared with electrochemical reduction-oxidation method toward the oxidation of methanol has been studied. The experimental results showed that the Pt-TiOx /Ti electrode has a high electrocatalytic activity and good stability for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol. By means of electrochemical, XPS, STMand in-situ FTIRtechniques, it was found that one reason for the electrode to exhibit an excellent performance is attributed to the high dispersion between nanosized Pt and TiOx particles. The low adsorption ability of the intermediate derived from methanol, such as linearly adsorbed COspecies on the electrode surface due to the interaction between Pt and TiOx , also results in the excellent performance.

Key words: Methanol, Pt-TiOx/Ti electrode, Electrocatalytic oxidation

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