Rohwer, Mark BModibedi, Remegia MOzoemena, KI2015-11-202015-11-202015-02Rohwer, M.B, Modibedi, R.M and Ozoemena, K.I. 2015. Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium. Electroanalysis, vol. 27, pp 957-9631040-0397http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/elan.201400707/abstracthttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8298Copyright: 2015 Wiley. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, please consult the publisher's website. The definitive version of the work is published in Electroanalysis, vol. 27, pp 957-963The impact of microwave irradiation on the structure and electrochemistry of monodispersed palladium nanoparticles is reported for the first time. When compared to the Pd that was not subjected to microwave treatment, the microwaved Pd nanocatalyst gave higher electrochemical active surface area (EASA= 67 m(SUP2)g(SUP-1), aggregation/uniformity of dispersion, showed higher amount of the palladium oxides, and showed remarkable electrocatalytic behaviour towards ethanol oxidation reaction in alkaline medium (in terms of high mass activity stability and fast reaction kinetics). The remarkable microwave-induced properties on the Pd catalyst promise to revolutionize the use of microwave for catalyst activation for enhanced heterogeneous catalysis and fuel cell chemistry.enPd nanoparticlesMicrowave irradiationEthanol oxidationArticleRohwer, M. B., Modibedi, R. M., & Ozoemena, K. (2015). Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8298Rohwer, Mark B, Remegia M Modibedi, and KI Ozoemena "Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium." (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8298Rohwer MB, Modibedi RM, Ozoemena K. Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8298.TY - Article AU - Rohwer, Mark B AU - Modibedi, Remegia M AU - Ozoemena, KI AB - The impact of microwave irradiation on the structure and electrochemistry of monodispersed palladium nanoparticles is reported for the first time. When compared to the Pd that was not subjected to microwave treatment, the microwaved Pd nanocatalyst gave higher electrochemical active surface area (EASA= 67 m(SUP2)g(SUP-1), aggregation/uniformity of dispersion, showed higher amount of the palladium oxides, and showed remarkable electrocatalytic behaviour towards ethanol oxidation reaction in alkaline medium (in terms of high mass activity stability and fast reaction kinetics). The remarkable microwave-induced properties on the Pd catalyst promise to revolutionize the use of microwave for catalyst activation for enhanced heterogeneous catalysis and fuel cell chemistry. DA - 2015-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Pd nanoparticles KW - Microwave irradiation KW - Ethanol oxidation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 SM - 1040-0397 T1 - Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium TI - Microwave activation of palladium nanoparticles for enhanced ethanol electrocatalytic oxidation reaction in alkaline medium UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8298 ER -