In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of the Electrocatalytic Effect of PtFe/C Nanocatalyst on Ethanol Electro-Oxidation in Alkaline Medium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Physicochemical Characterization
2.2. Electrochemical Characterization
2.3. Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Analysis
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Synthesis of Pt/C
3.2. Synthesis of PtFe/C
3.3. Physicochemical Characterization
3.4. Electrochemical Characterization
3.5. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Experiments
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Property | Material | ||
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Pt/C | PtFe/C | ||
Pt | Fe | ||
Crystallite size (nm) | 3.31 | 3.94 | |
Lattice constant (Å) | 3.9333 | 3.9119 | |
Mass content by XRF (%) | 100 | 89 | 11 |
Average atomic by EDX (%) | 4.13 | 0.52 | 0.16 |
Residual metallic content by TGA (%) | 3.443 | 3.669 |
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Gómez-Monsiváis, A.C.; Velázquez-Hernández, I.; Álvarez-Contreras, L.; Guerra-Balcázar, M.; Arriaga, L.G.; Arjona, N.; Ledesma-García, J. In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of the Electrocatalytic Effect of PtFe/C Nanocatalyst on Ethanol Electro-Oxidation in Alkaline Medium. Energies 2017, 10, 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10030290
Gómez-Monsiváis AC, Velázquez-Hernández I, Álvarez-Contreras L, Guerra-Balcázar M, Arriaga LG, Arjona N, Ledesma-García J. In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of the Electrocatalytic Effect of PtFe/C Nanocatalyst on Ethanol Electro-Oxidation in Alkaline Medium. Energies. 2017; 10(3):290. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10030290
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez-Monsiváis, A. C., I. Velázquez-Hernández, L. Álvarez-Contreras, M. Guerra-Balcázar, L. G. Arriaga, N. Arjona, and J. Ledesma-García. 2017. "In Situ Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of the Electrocatalytic Effect of PtFe/C Nanocatalyst on Ethanol Electro-Oxidation in Alkaline Medium" Energies 10, no. 3: 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10030290