Carbon-supported (Vulcan XC-72) Pd, Rh, and PdxRhy (20 wt%, x:y = 1:1, 3:1, 1:3) electrocatalysts are prepared according a modified pulse-microwave assisted polyol synthesis method and their electrocatalytic activity toward ...

The main target of the PEMFC's scientific community is to reduce the total Pt loading to ca. 150 g cm-2 MEA, maintaining simultaneously high PEMFCs performances. The last years, promising results have also been reported ...

PtSn@Rh/C-HT catalysts were designed and synthesized by a two-step sequence synthesis: Rh was firstly deposited on the carbon support and then PtSn through microwave assisted polyol method, followed by the heat treatment ...

Carbon supported PdxAuy binary catalysts for glucose electrooxidation and detection were prepared by a modified pulse microwave assisted polyol method. The physico-chemical properties were obtained by X-ray diffraction ...

The architecture and the operational features of a simple and low-cost amperometric sensor based on 0.91 ZrO<inf>2</inf> + 0.09 Y<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> solid electrolyte, used for measuring H<inf>2</inf>, CO, and ...

Ordered 2D hexagonal mesoporous carbon/tungsten carbide (OMC/WC) composite nanomaterials have been successfully synthesized for the first time by the soft-template method with ammonium metagungstate as tungsten precursor ...

Carbon support materials are modified by CeO2 through a microwave decomposition method, and then CeO2-C supported Pd catalysts are synthesized by a pulse microwave assisted polyol method. The content of CeO2 is appropriately ...

Among the most considered future alternative energy conversion systems are fuel cells. A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that continuously and directly converts chemical energy to electricity with the most common ...

Platinum-based nanomaterials are the most commonly adopted electrocatalysts for both anode and cathode reactions in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) fed with hydrogen or low molecular alcohols. However, the ...

PdSn (20 wt.%) and Pd3Sn2 (20 wt.%) nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72 carbon powders are prepared by a modified microwave-assisted polyol method and studied for the reaction of glucose electrooxidation in alkaline ...