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Chloride free Pt- and PtRu- Nanoparticles Stabilised by “Armand's Ligand” as Precursors for Fuel Cell Catalysts

✍ Scribed by H. Bönnemann; R. Brinkmann; S. Kinge; T. O. Ely; M. Armand


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
416 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
1615-6846

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Abstract

Chloride residues on the surface of fuel cell catalysts are known to decrease the catalytic activity, especially for O~2~ reduction. Using Armand's ligand, which contains the chloride free DCTA anion, for the colloidal stabilisation of nanoscopic Pt and PtRu catalysts precursors (< 2 nm size) leads to PEMFC and DMFC catalysts with improved activity compared to commercial E‐TEK catalysts as evidenced by both methanol oxidation and CO‐stripping voltametric studies.