Preliminary investigation on the electrochemical activity of butanol isomers as potential fuel for direct alcohol fuel cell

Vinod Kumar Puthiyapura; Daniel J. Brett; Andrea E. Russell; Wen Feng Lin; Christopher Hardacre

doi:10.1149/06917.0809ecst

Preliminary investigation on the electrochemical activity of butanol isomers as potential fuel for direct alcohol fuel cell

Vinod Kumar Puthiyapura
, Daniel J. Brett
, Andrea E. Russell
, Wen Feng Lin
, Christopher Hardacre

University College London (UCL)
University of Southampton
Loughborough University
Queen's University Belfast

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Abstract

A preliminary investigation of electrocatalytic oxidation activity of butanol isomers has been carried out to study their potential as fuels for direct alcohol fuel cells. The electrochemical study was carried out on Pt and Pd electrodes using a three electrode cell set up in alkaline media. The primary alcohol isomers of butanol were observed to behave similarly in their electrochemical reactions whereas 2-butanol showed completely different oxidation features on both catalysts. For example, no poisoning effects were observed for 2- butanol unlike for the primary butanol isomers. In contrast, tert-butanol did not show any oxidation reaction on Pt and Pd electrodes. Furthermore, Pd was not active at all in acidic media for butanol oxidation. The reactivity of butanol isomers were found to be in the order n-butanol>iso-butanol>2-butanol>tert-butanol based on the oxidation current density values.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECS Transactions
Publisher	Electrochemical Society
Pages	809-816
Number of pages	8
Volume	69
Edition	17
ISBN (Print)	9781607685395
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1149/06917.0809ecst
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Symposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting - Phoenix, United States Duration: 11 Oct 2015 → 15 Oct 2015

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Conference	Symposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix
Period	11/10/15 → 15/10/15

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Fuel cell
Electrochemistry
Voltammetry

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Puthiyapura, VK, Brett, DJ, Russell, AE, Lin, WF & Hardacre, C 2015, Preliminary investigation on the electrochemical activity of butanol isomers as potential fuel for direct alcohol fuel cell. in ECS Transactions. 17 edn, vol. 69, Electrochemical Society, pp. 809-816, Symposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting, Phoenix, United States, 11/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1149/06917.0809ecst

Preliminary investigation on the electrochemical activity of butanol isomers as potential fuel for direct alcohol fuel cell. / Puthiyapura, Vinod Kumar; Brett, Daniel J.; Russell, Andrea E. et al.
ECS Transactions. Vol. 69 17. ed. Electrochemical Society, 2015. p. 809-816.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Preliminary investigation on the electrochemical activity of butanol isomers as potential fuel for direct alcohol fuel cell

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