Issue 7, 2003
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Chemical Communications

Adsorbed water for the electro-oxidation of methanol at Pt–Ru alloy†

Takahiro Yajima,a   Noriaki Wakabayashi,b   Hiroyuki Uchidaa  and  Masahiro Watanabe*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Graduate School of Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Takeda 4, Kofu 400-8510, Japan

b Clean Energy Research Center, University of Yamanashi, Takeda 4, Kofu 400-8510, Japan
E-mail: mwatanab@ab11.yamanashi.ac.jp
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Tel: +81-55-220-8620

Abstract

Adsorbed water molecules which promote the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) at Pt–Ru alloy electrode are clearly detected by in-situ FTIR spectroscopy with the attenuated total reflection configuration, which directly supports the “bi-functional mechanism” for the MOR.

Graphical abstract: Adsorbed water for the electro-oxidation of methanol at Pt–Ru alloy

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B212197B
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Dec 2002
Accepted
21 Feb 2003
First published
05 Mar 2003

Chem. Commun., 2003, 828-829

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Adsorbed water for the electro-oxidation of methanol at Pt–Ru alloy

T. Yajima, N. Wakabayashi, H. Uchida and M. Watanabe, Chem. Commun., 2003, 828 DOI: 10.1039/B212197B

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