Chinese and Canadian Chemists Create New Catalyst for Methanol Fuel Cells

Chemists led by Viola Birss at the University of Calgary have designed a relatively simple production process, using acetone as the solvent and ethylene glycol as the reducing agent, to create a methanol oxidation catalyst consisting of platinum, ruthenium and iridium (PtRuIr). The catalyst comprises PtRuIr nanoparticles (about 1nm in diameter) dispersed on the surface of carbon nanotubes.

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