Platinum Alloy Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Anodes

3 Platinum Alloy Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Anodes 

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Combinatorial methods have also been applied to the area of exploring methanol-tolerant Pt and non-Pt alloy eatalysts for DMFC cathodes. Liu et al. investigated a series of Pt-based and non-Pt binary alloys as ORR electrocatalysts by employing the high-throughput optical screening method. The catalyst arrays were prepared 

It is worth noting that combinatorial chemistry has only been explored in the field of fuel cell electrocatalysis for a short time (around ten years). Therefore, it is still a developing and maturing technology. With improvement in both catalyst library preparation and screening techniques, combinatorial methods will become more important in new fuel cell electrocatalyst development. It is also believed that this combinatorial method will speed up new catalyst exploration, and thus accelerate developments toward PEM fuel cell breakthrough and commercialization. 

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