声明
ACKNOWELEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
Table of Contents
List of Symbols and Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1 Literature Review
1．1．Background on Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
1．1．1．Alternative energy source and fuel cells
1．1．2．Direct alcohol fuel cells(DAFCs)
1．1．3．Kinetics of fuel cells
1．2．Nanoparticles
1．2．1．Properties of nanoparticles
1．2．2．Catalysis
1．2．3．Electrocatalysis
1．2．4．Applications of nanoparticles
1．3．Synthesis of Pd and Pd-based catalysts
1．3．1 Functionalization of support
1．3．2．Supports for palladium-based nanoparticles
1．3．3．Synthesis of Pd nanoparticles
1．3．4 Atabilizer for synthesis of nanoparticles
1．3．5．Early work on PdSn／C Nano-catalysts
1．3．6．PdSn／C catalyst’s future perspective
1．3．7．Synthesis of Pdsn／C by impregnation reduction method
1．4 Aims and Significance of the Study
Chapter 2 Materials and Methods used in the Study
2．1．Materials，Chemicals and Instruments
2．2．Experimental Sections
2．2．1．Preparation of the support
2．2．2．Preparation of PdSn／C catalysts
2．3．Characterization of Catalyst
2．3．1．XRD
2．3．2．TEM
2．4．Electrochemical evaluation
Chapter 3 Results and Discussions
3．1．Electrochemical Evaluation
3．1．1．Tbe effect of metal precursors amount on PdSn／C catalyst
3．1．2．The effect of waiting time on the performance of PdSn／C Catalyst
3．1．3．The effect of waiting temperature on PdSn10．7／C catalyst
3．1．4．The CV of PdSn10．7／C catalyst for sodium hydroxide
3．1．5．The CV of PdSn10．7／C catalyst for different alcohols
3．1．5．Current-time curves onPdSn10．7／C and Pd／C (JM) catalysts
3．2 Morphology components
3．2．1 SEM images
3．2．2．TEM images of PdSn10．7／C electrocatalyst
3．2．3 EDX images of PdSn10．7／C
3．2．4．XRD of PdSn10．7／C electrocatalyst
Chapter 4 Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Study
4．1 Conclusion
4．2 Suggestions for future study
List of References
