1Chemical Engineering Department, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey
2Department of Chemistry, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey
American Journal of Nanomaterials.
2016,
Vol. 4 No. 1, 8-11
DOI: 10.12691/ajn-4-1-2
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Dilan Atbas, Aykut Çağlar, Hilal Kivrak, Arif Kivrak. Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Sn Promoted Pt Catalysts and Their Ethanol Electro-oxidation Activities.
American Journal of Nanomaterials. 2016; 4(1):8-11. doi: 10.12691/ajn-4-1-2.
Correspondence to: Hilal Kivrak, Chemical Engineering Department, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey. Email:
hilalkivrak@gmail.com, hilalkivrak@yyu.edu.trAbstract
In the present work, bi-metallic Pt-Sn electro catalysts were prepared by microwave assisted polyol method at 9:1, 7:3, and 5:5 Pt: Sn atomic ratios on carbon nanotube. The ethanol electro-oxidation activities of these catalysts were measured by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The effect of Sn addition to Pt for the improvement of ethanol electro-oxidation was also measured by CV measurements. Pt-Sn (07:03) catalyst exhibits the highest ethanol electro-oxidation activity. Furthermore, the rotating disk measurements were performed at 0-2000 rpm rotating rates on Pt-Sn (07:03) catalyst. The effect of ethanol concentration on ethanol electro-oxidation activity at varying ethanol concentrations (0.03 M-8.00 M) were measured on Pt-Sn (07:03) catalyst. CO stripping measurements were performed to determine the CO resistance of Pt-Sn electrocatalysts. As a result, CO oxidation onset potential decreases by the addition of Sn to Pt, revealing that Sn addition promotes the CO resistance of platinum.
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