JULIO NANDENHA

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  • Resumo IPEN-doc 26699
    Electrocatalytic oxidation of methane in an acidic electrolyte using PdMn/C-ITO electrocatalysts synthetized by sodium borohydride reduction process
    2019 - NANDENHA, JULIO; YAMASHITA, JESSICA Y.; FONTES, ERIC H.; FONSECA, FABIO C.; NETO, ALMIR O.
    Pd/C-ITO and PdMn/C-ITO electrocatalysts with different atomic ratio (90:10, 70:30 and 50:50) were synthetized by borohydride reduction method and characterized by X-ray diffraction, Transmission electronic microscopy and electrochemical studies (cyclic voltammetry). The electrochemical studies showed that PdMn(50:50)/C-ITO had superior performance for electrochemical oxidation of methane in an acidic electrolyte at 25 oC compared to others electrocatalysts prepared. The experiments in a single DMEFC also showed that the PdMn(70:30)/C-ITO electrocatalyst exhibited higher performance for methane oxidation in comparison with Pd/C-ITO, PdMn(90:10)/C-ITO and PdMn(50:50)/C-ITO electrocatalysts. These result indicated that the addition of Mn to Pd favor the electrochemical oxidation of Methane in acid medium, where this effect could be attributed to the synergy between the constituents of the binary electrocatalysts or to electronic modification of Pd atoms by the neighboring Mn atoms as the proximity of Pd and Mn atoms on the surface of the C-ITO (bifunctional mechanism - the presence of Pd and Mn oxides species).
  • Artigo IPEN-doc 26619
    Activation of methane on PdZn/C electrocatalysts in an acidic electrolyte at low temperatures
    2019 - NANDENHA, J.; NAGAHAMA, I.H.F.; YAMASHITA, J.Y.; FONTES, E.H.; AYOUB, J.M.S.; SOUZA, R.F.B. de; FONSECA, F.C.; NETO, A.O.
    PdZn/C electrocatalysts were prepared by sodium borohydride utilized as reducing agent for activation methane in an acidic medium at room temperature and in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) at 80°C. The materials prepared were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The diffractograms of the PdZn/C electrocatalysts showed only peaks associated with Pd face-centered cubic (fcc) structure. Cyclic voltammograms (CV) of all electrocatalysts after adsorption of methane shown an increment in current during the anodic scan, this effect was more pronounced for Pd(70)Zn(30)/C. In situ ATR-FTIR (Attenuated Total Reflectance-Fourier Transform Infrared) experiments was not observed the formation of intermediates adsorbed for PdZn/C electrocatalysts, this behavior indicated that the methane oxidation occurs by parallel mechanisms. Polarization curves at 80°C in PEMFC show that Pd(90)Zn(10)/C has superior performance over the other electrocatalysts in methane oxidation.