Chinese Journal of Applied Chemistry ›› 2009, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (12): 1476-1479.

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Promote Action of Phosphotungstic acid on Electrooxidation of Fomic Acid at Carbon Supported Pt Catalyst

YANG Gai-Xiu1, DENG Ling-Juan2, TANG Ya-Wen1, LIU Tian-Hong1*   

  1. (1.Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Biofunctional Materials,School of Chemistry and
    Environmental Science,Nanjing Normal University,Nanjing 210097;
    2.Department of Chemistry,Xianyang Normal University,Xianyang)
  • Received:2008-12-23 Revised:2009-06-01 Published:2009-12-10 Online:2009-12-10

Abstract:

The promoting action of phosphotungstic acid(PWA) in the electrolyte on the oxidation of formic acid at the carbon supported Pt(Pt/C) catalyst was investigated via EDS, XRD and electrochemical methods. It was found that PWA can increase not only the electrocatalytic activity of the Pt/C catalyst electrode for the oxidation of formic acid, but also the electrocatalytic stability. The promoting action is related to the PWA concentration. When the PWA concentration is 0.10 g/L, the promoting action is the best.  This is mainly because when the PWA concentration is too high, overfull adsorbed PWA would partially cover the active points of the Pt/C catalyst, leading to the decrease in the electrocatalytic performance of the Pt/C catalyst.

Key words: direct formic acid fuel cell,carbon supported Pt catalyst,phosphotungstic acid,promoting action

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