Alkaline media methanol electrooxidation

For the electrooxidation of alcohols in alkaline medium (see Section 6.4), Shen et al. (2006) suggested a platinum or palladium catalyst promoted with 25 wt% of nickel oxide NiO deposited on a carbon-black support. According to then-data, this additive substantially accelerates the electrooxidation of methanol in an alkaline medium. Tarasevich et al. (2005) suggested a Ru-Ni catalyst deposited on carbon black for the electrooxidation of ethanol in an alkaline medium it is considerably more active than pure ruthenium. Under the operating conditions of fuel cells in acidic media as well as in contact with proton-conducting membranes of the Nafion type, the use of nonplatinum catalysts is highly restricted, owing to corrosion problems. 

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