title: Improving Formate and Methanol Fuels: Catalytic Activity of Single Pd Coated Carbon Nanotubes.
abstract: The oxidations of formate and methanol on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes decorated with palladium nanoparticles were studied at both the single-nanotube and ensemble levels. Significant voltammetric differences were seen. Pd oxide formation as a competitive reaction with formate or methanol oxidation is significantly inhibited at high overpotentials under the high mass transport conditions associated with single-particle materials in comparison with that seen with ensembles, where slower diffusion prevails. Higher electro-oxidation efficiency for the organic fuels is achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Xiuting
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hodson
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batchelor-McAuley
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power , 2103 Pingliang Road, Shanghai 200090, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lidong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Compton
keywords: carbon nanotube; catalytic activity; formate; methanol; palladium