Lu X, Wang W, Deng Z, Zhu H, Wei S, Ng SP, Guo W, Wu CML. Methanol oxidation on Ru(0001) for direct methanol fuel cells: analysis of the competitive reaction mechanism.
RSC Adv 2016. [DOI:
10.1039/c5ra21793h]
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Abstract
Competitive oxidation of CH3OH to CH2O occur via CH3OH → CH3O → CH2O vs. CH3OH → CH2OH → CH2O, further to COOH by the OH group via CH2O → CHO → CO + OH → COOH vs. CH2O + OH → CH2OOH → CHOOH → COOH, and finally oxidation to CO2 on Ru(0001).
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