Hybrid palladium-ceria nanorod electrocatalysts applications in oxygen reduction and ethanol oxidation reactions in alkaline media

Ethanol electro-oxidation reaction on the Pd(111) surface in alkaline media: insights from quantum and molecular mechanics

“…The idea that the adsorption energy of the reactants can be used to identify the activity of electrocatalysts, not only in an average way, as revealed by volcano-type relationships, 60 but also in a detailed way within a distribution of adsorbed molecules, as observed in the present study, suggests that the exchange current density could be tuned by modifying the surface chemical properties through, for example, the introduction of properly designed co-catalysts. 10–15…”

“…This journal is © the Owner Societies 2022 could be tuned by modifying the surface chemical properties through, for example, the introduction of properly designed co-catalysts. 10…”

“…5 In this respect, in the last few years much attention was attracted by Pd used synergistically with a ceria-based, CeO 2 , co-catalyst. [10][11][12][13][14][15] The reaction mechanism leading from EtOH to acetate involves a number of elementary steps. 5 In the literature, several hypotheses, based on experimental 6,7,[16][17][18] and theoretical 6,[19][20][21][22][23][24] studies, have been proposed.…”

“…5 In this respect, in the last few years much attention was attracted by Pd used synergistically with a ceria-based, CeO 2 , co-catalyst. 10–15…”

Influence of the electrocatalyst layer thickness on alkaline DEFC performance

“…During these measurements, the crossover, resulting products or ethanol consumption have been determined with ion exchange chromatography (IC), gas chromatography (GC) or FT-Raman measurements in the literature. 45–51…”