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Effect of mass transport on the electrochemical oxidation of alcohols over electrodeposited film and carbon-supported Pt electrodes

Effect of mass transport on the electrochemical oxidation of alcohols over electrodeposited film and carbon-supported Pt electrodes
Effect of mass transport on the electrochemical oxidation of alcohols over electrodeposited film and carbon-supported Pt electrodes

Electrochemical oxidation of four different alcohol molecules (methanol, ethanol, n-butanol and 2-butanol) at electrodeposited Pt film and carbon-supported Pt catalyst film electrodes, as well as the effect of mass transport on the oxidation reaction, has been studied systematically using the rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique. It was shown that oxidation current decreased with an increase in the rotation rate (ω) for all alcohols studied over electrodeposited Pt film electrodes. In contrast, the oxidation current was found to increase with an increase in the ω for Pt/C in ethanol and n-butanol-containing solutions. The decrease was found to be nearly reversible for ethanol and n-butanol at the electrodeposited Pt film electrode ruling out the possibility of intermediate COads poisoning being the sole cause of the decrease and was attributed to the formation of soluble intermediate species which diffuse away from the electrode at higher ω. In contrast, an increase in the current with an increase in ω for the carbon supported catalyst may suggest that the increase in residence time of the soluble species within the catalyst layer, results in further oxidation of these species. Furthermore, the reversibility of the peak current on decreasing the ω could indicate that the surface state has not significantly changed due to the sluggish reaction kinetics of ethanol and n-butanol.

Butanol, Direct alcohol fuel cells, Electro-oxidation, Ethanol, Methanol, Platinum, Rotating disk electrode (RDE)
1022-5528
1-14
Puthiyapura, Vinod Kumar
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Lin, Wen Feng
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Russell, Andrea E.
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Brett, Dan J.L.
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Hardacre, Christopher
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Brett, Dan J.L.
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Hardacre, Christopher
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Puthiyapura, Vinod Kumar, Lin, Wen Feng, Russell, Andrea E., Brett, Dan J.L. and Hardacre, Christopher (2018) Effect of mass transport on the electrochemical oxidation of alcohols over electrodeposited film and carbon-supported Pt electrodes. Topics in Catalysis, 1-14. (doi:10.1007/s11244-018-0893-6).

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Abstract

Electrochemical oxidation of four different alcohol molecules (methanol, ethanol, n-butanol and 2-butanol) at electrodeposited Pt film and carbon-supported Pt catalyst film electrodes, as well as the effect of mass transport on the oxidation reaction, has been studied systematically using the rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique. It was shown that oxidation current decreased with an increase in the rotation rate (ω) for all alcohols studied over electrodeposited Pt film electrodes. In contrast, the oxidation current was found to increase with an increase in the ω for Pt/C in ethanol and n-butanol-containing solutions. The decrease was found to be nearly reversible for ethanol and n-butanol at the electrodeposited Pt film electrode ruling out the possibility of intermediate COads poisoning being the sole cause of the decrease and was attributed to the formation of soluble intermediate species which diffuse away from the electrode at higher ω. In contrast, an increase in the current with an increase in ω for the carbon supported catalyst may suggest that the increase in residence time of the soluble species within the catalyst layer, results in further oxidation of these species. Furthermore, the reversibility of the peak current on decreasing the ω could indicate that the surface state has not significantly changed due to the sluggish reaction kinetics of ethanol and n-butanol.

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Accepted/In Press date: 19 January 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 January 2018
Keywords: Butanol, Direct alcohol fuel cells, Electro-oxidation, Ethanol, Methanol, Platinum, Rotating disk electrode (RDE)

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Local EPrints ID: 417438
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/417438
ISSN: 1022-5528
PURE UUID: ae0046b7-0871-4db1-b63c-7f37af2476da
ORCID for Andrea E. Russell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8382-6443

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Date deposited: 31 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:37

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Author: Vinod Kumar Puthiyapura
Author: Wen Feng Lin
Author: Dan J.L. Brett
Author: Christopher Hardacre

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