Finding a platinum-free cathode catalyst that effectively models the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell better than current commercial Pt/C has been major shortcoming in technology. Overall, promising must offer great ORR activity, selectivity, and acid stability. Due to their enticing activity selectivity preferred four-electron pathway, possible dissol...

The surface interrogation mode of scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) is extended to the in situ quantification of adsorbed hydrogen, H(ads), at polycrystalline platinum. The methodology consists of the production, at an interrogator electrode, of an oxidized species that is able to react with H(ads) on the Pt surface and report the amounts of this adsorbate through the SECM feedback res...

Platinum bis-amidine complexes (both the cis and trans isomers) are stable in acetone and chlorinated solvents but are unstable in protic solvents such as methanol or water. In the latter solvents an initial cis/trans isomerization leads to formation of an equilibrium mixture with a cis/trans ratio of about 1:4; subsequently a dinuclear platinum(III) complex (1) is formed under aerobic conditio...

a chelating resin is prepared by condensation polymerization of aniline with formaldehyde andcharacterized by ft-ir, elemental analysis and studied for the preconcentration and determination of traceplatinum ion from environmental water sample using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy(icp-aes). the optimum ph value for sorption of the metal ions was 5. the maximum adsorption...

To decrease the cost of fuel cell manufacturing, amount platinum (Pt) in catalyst layer needs to be reduced. In this study, ionomer gradient membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) were designed reduce Pt loading without sacrificing performance and lifetime. A two-layer stratification cathode was achieved with varying ratios 28 wt. % inner layer, on membrane, 24 outer coated onto layer. study MEA ...

Experimental data obtained using low energy electron beams are presented which show that films of N2O, of several hundred monolayers (ML), spontaneously acquire a positive potential of as high as 5 V. Films do not possess a dipole double layer but for >40 ML display a constant electric field within the material. This new phenomenon is attributed to dipole alignment. The phenomenon also shows a ...

Platinum(IV)-based anticancer prodrugs have attracted much attention due to their relative inertness under physiological conditions, being activated inside cells, and their capacity for functionalization with a variety of small-molecule or macromolecule moieties. Novel asymmetric platinum(IV) compounds synthesized through expedient and unique methods are desired. Here we utilize N-bromosuccinim...

The majority of epithelial ovarian cancer, fallopian tube cancer and primary peritoneal adenocarcinoma (PPA) patients experience disease recurrence even though they receive standard treatment. The treatment outcome after recurrence depended on the interval time between the time to complete platinum-based chemotherapy until the time to replapse that we called a platinum-free interval. In patient...

The electrochemistry of CO on a bare Pt(111) electrode as well as a Pt(111) electrode modified with pseudomorphic thin palladium films has been studied in alkaline solution by means of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. First Pd films were prepared and well characterized in UHV and subsequently transferred into the electrochemical cell for the registration of the voltammetric profi...