Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (10): 1027-1031.

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Alcohol Oxidation on Pd Catalyst Supported on Tungsten Carbides/Carbon Nanotubes

HU Xiduo1, ZENG Zhifeng1, HU Fengping2, WANG Jingguo3, SHEN Peikang2*   

  1. 1 Department of Physics, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523106, Guangdong, China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China; 3 McNair Technology Co. Ltd, Dongguan 523700, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2008-10-25 Online:2008-10-25 Published:2008-10-25

Abstract: Tungsten carbides on multiwalled carbon nanotubes (WC/MWCNT) were prepared by an intermittent microwave heating method and used as support to load Pd nanopartic les (Pd-WC/MWCNT) for alcohol oxidation. The catalyst activity was enhanced bec ause of the synergistic effect between Pd nanoparticles and the tungsten carbide s and the structure effect of the carbon nanotubes.

Key words: carbon nanotube, tungsten carbide, palladium, intermittent microwave heating, ethanol oxidation, fuel cell