A Facile Preparation of Sandwich-Structured Pd/Polypyrrole-Graphene/Pd Catalysts for Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Morphology and Structure Characterizations
2.2. Electrocatalysis of Pd-Modified Electrode toward Formic Acid Oxidation
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Preparation of Graphene Oxide and Graphene
3.3. Preparation of Pyrrole-Graphene Mixtures
3.4. Preparation of Modified Electrodes
3.5. Chemoelectrochemical Performance Test of Formic Acid Oxygen
3.6. Characterization
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Lu, Z.; Qin, W.; Ma, J.; Cao, Y.; Bao, S. A Facile Preparation of Sandwich-Structured Pd/Polypyrrole-Graphene/Pd Catalysts for Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation. Molecules 2023, 28, 5296. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145296
Lu Z, Qin W, Ma J, Cao Y, Bao S. A Facile Preparation of Sandwich-Structured Pd/Polypyrrole-Graphene/Pd Catalysts for Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation. Molecules. 2023; 28(14):5296. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145296
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Zhenjiang, Wenjin Qin, Juan Ma, Yali Cao, and Shujuan Bao. 2023. "A Facile Preparation of Sandwich-Structured Pd/Polypyrrole-Graphene/Pd Catalysts for Formic Acid Electro-Oxidation" Molecules 28, no. 14: 5296. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28145296