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<div class="csl-entry">Shakibi Nia, N., Griesser, C., Mairegger, T., Wernig, E.-M., Bernardi, J., Portenkirchner, E., Penner, S., & Kunze-Liebhäuser, J. (2024). Titanium Oxycarbide as Platinum-Free Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation. <i>ACS Catalysis</i>, <i>14</i>, 324–329. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c04097</div>
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2155-5435
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/192262
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dc.description.abstract
The compound material titanium oxycarbide (TiOC) is found to be an effective electrocatalyst for the electrochemical oxidation of ethanol to CO₂. The complete course of this reaction is one of the main challenges in direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). While TiOC has previously been investigated as catalyst support material only, in this study we show that TiOC alone is able to oxidize ethanol to acetaldehyde without the need of expensive noble metal catalysts like Pt. It is suggested that this behavior is attributed to the presence of both undercoordinated sites, which allow ethanol to adsorb, and oxygenated sites, which facilitate the activation of water. This is a milestone in DEFC research and development and opens up innovative possibilities for the design of catalyst materials for intermediate temperature fuel cells.
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en
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dc.publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)
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ACS Catalysis
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dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.subject
titanium oxycarbide
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compound material
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DEMS
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EOR
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energy conversion
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platinum-free
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dc.title
Titanium Oxycarbide as Platinum-Free Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation
