Electrochemical oxidation of methanol on the surface of nanostructured Pd-Au

Oksana Dobrovetska1 oksana_dobrovetska [at] ukr.net
  1. Department of Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Substances, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12
Abstract 

The method of cyclic voltammetry researched the catalytic activity of nanostructured Pd-Au in electrooxidation of methanol in an alkaline environment. It was found, that during the anodic oxidation of methanol on the surface of the Pd-Au/GC electrode is manifested sequential catalytic action of components palladium and gold.

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