Preparation of high alloying Pt-Ru/CMK-3 catalysts at room temperature and electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol

High-alloying Pt-Ru solid solution was prepared by complexing reaction and uniformly dispersed on rigid ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 to form the two-element composite catalysts. XRD patterns show that Pt atoms with fcc structure were almost replaced by Ru atoms with hcp structure. XRD and TEM measurements indicate that the average diameter is 2.7 nm with a uniform size. The electrocatalytic activity of Pt-Ru/CMK-3 for the ethanol oxidation was studied and compared with that of Pt-Ru/XC-72 of E-TEK congeneric catalyst. The results show that the catalyst of Pt-Ru/CMK-3 possesses a bigger electrocatalytic activity area, the electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of methanol and the ability of resisting CO poison exceed the same kind catalysts because of the appropriate extent of alloying and average particle diameter.