Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2005, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (07): 804-807.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20050721

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Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol at Pt-WO3/C Electrode

QU Wei-li; WU Bing; SUN Fang; GAO Ying; LU Tian-hong; LIU Chang-peng; XING Wei   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150080; Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022; College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097
  • Received:2004-11-17 Revised:2005-01-21 Published:2005-07-15
  • Contact: GAO Ying E-mail:yinggao99@sohu.com

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Abstract: Electrooxidation behavior of ethylene glycol (EG) at the Pt-WO3//C and Pt/C electrodes was investigated using cyclic voltammogram(CV) and linear sweeping voltammogram(LSV) techniques. It was found that the electrocatalytic activity of the Pt-WO3//C electrode for electrooxidation of EG was higher than that of the Pt/C electrode. The higher electrocatalytic activity of the Pt-WO3//C was due to that WO3/ could supply the oxygen-containingspecies necessary for the electrooxidation of EG, and WO3/ could reduce the adsorption intensity of CO at Pt, which was an intermediate of the electrooxidation of EG.

Key words: Ethylene glycol, CO, Electrooxidation