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Efficient and poison-tolerant PdxAuy/C binary electrocatalysts for glucose electrooxidation in alkaline medium

Yan, L.; Brouzgou, A.; Meng, Y.; Xiao, M.; Tsiakaras, P.; Song, S. (2014)

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 ...

Glucose electrooxidation in alkaline medium: Performance enhancement of PdAu/C synthesized by NH3 modified pulse microwave assisted polyol method

Jiang, T.; Yan, L.; Meng, Y.; Xiao, M.; Wu, Z.; Tsiakaras, P.; Song, S. (2015)

Lack of highly efficient and stable electrocatalysts for glucose electrooxidation is a bottleneck for the real application of glucose fuel cells and electrochemical sensors. Herein we report the synthesis of the PdAu/C ...

Study of the operational parameters effect on a direct ethanol PEM fuel cell performance by the aid on a mathematical model

Andreadis, G.; Tsiakaras, P. (2011)

In the present work, a model-based parametric analysis of the performance of a direct ethanol polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (DE-PEMFC) is conducted with the purpose to investigate the effect of several parameters ...

Study of the products distribution during a direct ethanol PEM fuel cell operation

Andreadis, G.; Song, S.; Tsiakaras, P. (2011)

In the present work the effect of both cell discharge current and operating temperature on (a) the ethanol conversion, (b) the reaction products distribution and (c) the reaction yield towards each released product, during ...

Simulation of the operation of a direct ethanol fuel cell anode

Andreadis, G.; Song, S.; Tsiakaras, P. (2005)

Direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) have motivated more and more interest in recent years due to the intrinsic advantages of ethanol such as its low toxicity, renewability, and its easy production in great quantity by the ...

Direct ethanol fuel cell anode simulation model

Andreadis, G.; Song, S.; Tsiakaras, P. (2006)

The electrochemical behavior of a direct ethanol feed proton exchange membrane fuel cell (DEFC) operating under steady-state isothermal conditions at 1 atm at both anode and cathode sides is considered. A mathematical model ...

Direct alcohol fuel cells: A novel non-platinum and alcohol inert ORR electrocatalyst

Song, S.; Wang, Y.; Tsiakaras, P.; Shen, P. K. (2008)

In the present investigation, a series of binary PdxFey/C electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was synthesized in a very short time by employing a pulse-microwave assisted polyol method. The physico-chemical ...

How far are direct alcohol fuel cells from our energy future?

Song, S.; Maragou, V.; Tsiakaras, P. (2007)

Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been attracting more and more attention and interest during the last decade due to their simplicity, the easy handle and the high power density of the liquid alcohol fuels. However, ...

PEM vs. AEM fuel cells fed with hydrogen or hydrogen-rich alcohols: Physico-electrochemical phenomena and performance characteristics

Podias, A.; Tsiakaras, P. (2013)

This review focuses on: (a) describing the physicoelectrochemical transport phenomena in alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AEMFCs) and acidic Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) fed with hydrogen or ...

Bi- and tri-metallic Pt-based anode catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells

Zhou, W. J.; Li, W. Z.; Song, S. Q.; Zhou, Z. H.; Jiang, L. H.; Sun, G. Q.; Xin, Q.; Poulianitis, K.; Kontou, S.; Tsiakaras, P. (2004)

In the present work, several Pt-based anode catalysts supported on activated carbon XC-72R were prepared by using a novel method, characterized and tested. XRD analysis and TEM images indicated that all of anode catalysts ...