A simple fabrication process of Pt–TiO2 hybrid electrode for photo-assisted methanol fuel cells

Review of Experimental Setups for Plasmonic Photocatalytic Reactions

“…Photoelectrochemical techniques remain a powerful and direct tool for examining plasmonic enhancement in photocatalytic reactions [20]. Various types of metallic samples, such as nanoparticles [39,86,87], dendritic nanoforests [88][89][90], and photonic crystal [7,91], are used for examining plasmonic photocatalytic electrochemical reactions. The energy levels of reactive intermediates can be determining by monitoring overpotentials [92].…”

Fabrication of a nano-structured Pt-loaded cerium oxide nanowire and its anode performance in the methanol electro-oxidation reaction

“…This bifunctional mechanism of the methanol oxidation reaction operates when metal oxides are added to Pt/carbon as oxide supports. The effects of oxide supports such as RuO x , [28][29][30] SnO x , 29 InSnO x , 29 MoO x , 31 NiO, 32 TiO 2 , 33 and NbRu x O y 34 on the electro-oxidation of alcohols have also been examined for improvement of CO tolerance of Pt of those anodes. Moghaddam and Pickup 29 examined the role of RuO x , SnO x and InSnO x supports in the electro-oxidation of alcohol at a Pt anode.…”

Fabrication of High-Activity Hybrid Pt@ZnO Catalyst on Carbon Cloth by Atomic Layer Deposition for Photoassisted Electro-Oxidation of Methanol

“…The peak current of methanol on Pt@ZnO@CC with UV illumination (3.86 mA/cm 2 ) is ∼1.5 times of that without UV illumination (2.58 mA/cm 2 ). The enhancement of current could be attributed to the synergy of photo- and electrocatalysis of methanol. − ,, The photocurrent generated at ZnO contributes extra current in addition to that arising from electro-oxidation of methanol at Pt. When ZnO is irradiated by UV light, the electrons would jump from valence band to conduction band, and electron–hole pairs are generated based on the following equation …”