Estudo de catalisadores de Pt-Sn para o ânodo da célula a combustível de membrana trocadora de prótons alimentada com etanol direto / Study of Pt-Sn electrocatalysts for the anodes of proton exhange membrane fuel cell supplied with ethanol

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2007

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Carbon supported Pt-Sn catalysts were prepared by reduction of Pt and Sn precursors with formic acid. The method allowed the efficient preparation of catalysts with low Sn contents (Pt:Sn ratio 9:1) and with high Sn contents (Pt:Sn ratio 1:3. In spite of the fact that Sn was anchored in the material, only part of the Sn is inserted in the fcc structure of Pt. Therefore, a thermal treatment in a reducing atmosphere was necessary to increase the degree of alloy. Thermal treatments were done between 100 and 500 oC and the Pt3Sn material treated at 200 oC showed the best performance in a direct ethanol fuel cell. The thermal treatment at 200 oC allowed an increase of the degree of alloy without modifying the face centered cubic Pt structure and without promoting the coalescence of the nanoparticles anchored on the carbon support. The Pt-Sn catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption and transmission electron microscopy. The activity for the electro-oxidation of ethanol was evaluated with electrochemical techniques and experiments in a single direct ethanol fuel cell. Studies with Pt single crystals with low and high Miller indices were done to complement the study of the ethanol electro-oxidation.

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pt-sn defc defc pt-sn fuel cell células a combustível

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