Promoting Effect of Cu on Pd Applied to the Hydrazine Electro-Oxidation and Direct Hydrazine Fuel Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Catalyst | Metallic Loading | Pd:Cu Atomic Ratio | Label |
---|---|---|---|
Pd/C | 23 | - | PdC |
Pd3Cu/C | 20 | 3.5 (nominal of 3) | PdCu1C |
Pd1Cu/C | 19 | 1.13 (nominal of 1) | PdCu2C |
Pd0.33Cu/C | 19 | 0.45 (nominal of 0.33) | PdCu3C |
Cu/C | 13 | - | CuC |
Catalyst | dXRD (nm) | dTEM (nm) | Lattice Parameter (nm) | Alloy Composition | Cualloyed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PdC | 4.3 | 6.4 | 0.3890 | -- | -- |
PdCu1C | 3.0 | 5.3 | 0.3856 | Pd85Cu15 | 0.59 |
PdCu2C | 2.7 | 5.0 | 0.3845 | Pd81Cu19 | 0.26 |
PdCu3C | -- | 4.8 | -- | -- | -- |
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Crisafulli, R.; de Paula, D.F.; Zignani, S.C.; Spadaro, L.; Palella, A.; Boninelli, S.; Dias, J.A.; Linares, J.J. Promoting Effect of Cu on Pd Applied to the Hydrazine Electro-Oxidation and Direct Hydrazine Fuel Cells. Catalysts 2022, 12, 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121639
Crisafulli R, de Paula DF, Zignani SC, Spadaro L, Palella A, Boninelli S, Dias JA, Linares JJ. Promoting Effect of Cu on Pd Applied to the Hydrazine Electro-Oxidation and Direct Hydrazine Fuel Cells. Catalysts. 2022; 12(12):1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121639
Chicago/Turabian StyleCrisafulli, Rudy, Dryade Ferreira de Paula, Sabrina C. Zignani, Lorenzo Spadaro, Alessandra Palella, Simona Boninelli, José A. Dias, and José J. Linares. 2022. "Promoting Effect of Cu on Pd Applied to the Hydrazine Electro-Oxidation and Direct Hydrazine Fuel Cells" Catalysts 12, no. 12: 1639. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12121639