Carbon monoxide electrooxidation on porous Pt-Ru electrodes in sulphuric acid

被引:25
作者
Arico, AS [1 ]
Modica, E [1 ]
Passalacqua, E [1 ]
Antonucci, V [1 ]
Antonucci, PL [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV REGGIO CALABRIA,FAC ENGN,INST CHEM,I-89100 REGGIO CALABRIA,ITALY
关键词
carbon monoxide; Pt-Ru/C catalyst; Tafel slopes; oxidation;
D O I
10.1023/A:1018492122263
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
CO electrooxidation on a Pt-Ru/C catalyst was investigated in sulphuric acid electrolyte. The physico-chemical properties of the Pt-Ru/C catalyst were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The influence of temperature, CO partial pressure and proton concentration on the electrochemical oxidation rate was investigated by steady-state galvanostatic polarization measurements. The apparent activation energy decreased from 70 to 30 kJ mol(-1) as the overpotential increased from 0.5 to 0.9 V vs NHE. The reaction order with respect to carbon monoxide increased, passing from 0.4 to 1, with the increase of the overpotential from 0.5 to 0.7 V vs NHE; a reaction order close to -1 with respect to the protonic concentration was observed, irrespective of the potential. Tafel slopes of about 136 mV dec(-1) were determined for oxidation of CO and CO/N-2 mixtures.
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