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Innovative Energy & Research | ISSN: 2576-1463 | Volume 7
Renewable Energy and Resources
Energy Materials and Fuel Cell Research
2nd International Conference on
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August 27-28, 2018 | Boston, USA
Pt nanoparticles onto carbon base substrates as anodic materials for direct alcohol fuel cells
Beatriz Ruiz Camacho
Guanajuato University, Mexico
The search for new catalytic materials for direct alcohol fuel cells is the aim of this work. One of the main challenges
presented by fuel cells is to have adequate catalytic material dispersed on a substrate to enhance its catalytic activity. We
have synthesized by the ultrasound technique nanostructured electrocatalysts of Pt supported different carbon base substrates
as i) carbon nanotubes (NTC) and ii) zeolite-carbon composite and compared with iii) Vulcan carbon with the goal of studying
the effect of the properties of the substrate on the electrical conductivity for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in acid
media. Particle size and metal dispersion were evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray diffractometer
(XRD) technique was used to investigate the crystalline structure. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA)
were performed towards the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in acid medium. Preliminary results show the properties of
substrates as porosity, surface area and the chemical surface of substrate modified the dispersion of Pt nanoparticles as well as
the interaction of metal-support which is a parameter responsible for the electrocatalytic activity. Materials synthesized catalyze
the MOR, however, different onset potentials and intensity of the forward and backward oxidation peaks were obtained. The
presence of zeolite on the substrate plays an important role in the oxidation of methanol. When using carbon nanotubes as
a substrate, the Pt/NTC shows low stability and low intensity of the oxidation peaks. As a conclusion, the ultrasonic method
allows to obtained Pt nanoparticles less of 10 nm supported on different substrates, the electrochemical activity of the materials
synthesized follows the tendency Pt/zeolite-C> Pt/carbon > Pt/NTC.
Biography
Beatriz Ruiz Camacho has completed her PhD at the age of 30 years from National Polytechnic Institute. She also obtained an MSc in Science and Materials
Engineering from Autonomous Metropolitan University. Actually, She is a Chemical Engineering professor at the Guanajuato University. She has published as the
first author in more than 15 papers in reputed journals and she is Vice-president of the Mexican Hydrogen Society. She is author and coauthor of chapters book
related with materials for fuel cells. She is expertise in nanomaterials synthesis and characterization, fuel cells, electrocatalysts and renewable energy. She has
given lectures at various national and international conferences.
Beatriz Ruiz Camacho, Innov Ener Res 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2576-1463-C2-005