ChemInform Abstract: Sol—Gel Synthesis of Pt—Ru—Os—Ir Based Anode Electro-Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.

✍ Scribed by Yousef M. Alyousef; Moni Kanchan Datta; Karan Kadakia; S. C. Yao; Prashant N. Kumta

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 17 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0931-7597
• DOI: 10.1002/chin.201045014

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Pt~44~Ru~41~Os~10~Ir~5~ anode electro‐catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells with a high specific surface area are synthesized by the complexed sol—gel process from Pt(acac)~2~, Ru(acac)~3~, Ir(acac)~3~, OsCl~3~, and Me~4~NOH in acetone/MeOH.