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Mixed noble metal catalytic systems were prepared on electrochemically activated PAN-based carbon fibre supports through a procedure of repetitive cation exchange between the acidic (-OOOH and-OH) groups of the electrooxidized carbon surface and noble metal salts and subsequent cathodic reduction of the exchanged noble metal ions to the metallic state.
The whole investigation was carried out for the binary system Ag-Pd. The catalytic efficiency of palladium deposited on silver is more pronounced compared to a Pd-deposition obtained after only one Pd2+-exchange procedure and subsequent cathodic reduction, whereas an inhibition of the catalytic activity of palladium is noticed when it is covered by silver deposition. The catalytic efficiency of the obtained mixed noble metal catalysts was studied by means of hydrogen-adsorption and absorption profiles in H2SO4, the electroreduction of nitrobenzene in aqueous methanolic H2SO4 solutions and the hydrogenation reaction of nitrobenzene to aniline in methanolic solutions. The study was completed by impedance spectroscopic measurements at the potential of hydrogen evolution in H2SO4 solutions.
Mixed Ag-Pd systems are even more stable than double Pd-Pd depositions on activated carbon fibre supports, as shown by the fact that they retain their mechanical stability and catalytic activity even after prolonged storage in aqueous or methanolic solutions, as well as after ultrasonic treatment.
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Jannakoudakis, A.D., Jannakoudakis, P.D., Pagalos, N. et al. Preparation and catalytic efficiency of mixed noble metal catalysts on electrochemically activated carbon fibre supports. J Appl Electrochem 23, 1162–1168 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00625590
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