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Sustainable application of pecan nutshell waste: Greener synthesis of Pd-based nanocatalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol.

ABSTRACT: Palladium-based electrocatalysts are widely used in alkaline direct alcohol fuel cells. The synthesis and characterization of carbon-supported bimetallic nanoparticles (NP) of AuPd and AgPd is described using pecan nutshell extract (Carya illinoinensis) which serves as both, reducing and the stabilizing agent. This environmentally friendly route generates bimetallic NP for a wide range of applications, including electrocatalysis; since particularly AuPd NP proved to be a potentially suitable electrode material for alkaline direct methanol fuel cells. The electrocatalytic activity of these nanomaterials was comparable to commercially available Pd/C 1% in the electro-oxidation of methanol in alkaline media.

SUBMITTER: Hidalgo AIC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7443943 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sustainable application of pecan nutshell waste: Greener synthesis of Pd-based nanocatalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol.

Hidalgo Ana I Casas AIC Aguirre Manuel Román MR Valenzuela Edgar E Gomez Jośe Y Verde JYV Dávila Alejandro Camacho AC Varma Rajender S RS Sánchez Víctor H Ramos VHR

International journal of hydrogen energy 20160101 48

Palladium-based electrocatalysts are widely used in alkaline direct alcohol fuel cells. The synthesis and characterization of carbon-supported bimetallic nanoparticles (NP) of AuPd and AgPd is described using pecan nutshell extract (<i>Carya illinoinensis</i>) which serves as both, reducing and the stabilizing agent. This environmentally friendly route generates bimetallic NP for a wide range of applications, including electrocatalysis; since particularly AuPd NP proved to be a potentially suita ...[more]

PMID: 32843817

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Sustainable application of pecan nutshell waste: Greener synthesis of Pd-based nanocatalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol.

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Sustainable application of pecan nutshell waste: Greener synthesis of Pd-based nanocatalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol.

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