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Article A Complementary Study on Novel Pdauco Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell Application, and Exergy Analysis(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2018) Kivrak, Hilal; Atbas, Dilan; Alal, Orhan; Cogenli, M. Selim; Bayrakceken, Ayse; Mert, Suha Orcun; Sahin, OzlemAt present, Pd containing (10-40 wt%) multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) supported Pd monometallic, Pd:Au bimetallic, and PdAuCo trimetallic catalysts are prepared via NaBH4 reduction method to examine their formic acid electrooxidation activities and direct formic acid fuel cell performances (DFAFCs) when used as anode catalysts. These catalysts are characterized by advanced analytical techniques as N-2 adsorption and desorption, XRD, SAXS, SEM-EDX, and TEM. Electronic state of Pd changes by the addition of Au and Co. Moreover, formic acid electrooxidation activities of these catalysts measured by CV indicates that particle size changes in wide range play a major role in the formic acid electrochemical oxidation activity, ascribed the strong structure sensitivity of formic acid electrooxidation reaction. PdAuCo (80:10:10)/MWCNT catalyst displays the most significant current density increase. On the other hand, lower CO stripping peak potential obtained for PdAuCo (80:10:10)/MWCNT catalyst, attributed to the awakening of the Pd-adsorbate bond strength down to its optimum value, which favors higher electrochemical activity. DFAFCs performance tests and exergy analysis reveal that fuel cell performances increase with the addition of Au and Co which can be attributed to synergetic effect. Furthermore, temperature strongly influences the performance of formic acid fuel cell. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Article A Novel Central Composite Design Based Response Surface Methodology Optimization Study for the Synthesis of Pd/Cnt Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst(Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, 2018) Caglar, Aykut; Sahan, Tekin; Cogenli, M. Selim; Yurtcan, Ayse Bayrakceken; Aktas, Nahit; Kivrak, HilalAt present, carbon nanotube supported Pd catalysts are synthesized via NaBH4 reduction method to investigate their electro catalytic activity thorough formic acid electro oxidation. In order to optimize the synthesis conditions such as %Pd amount (X-1), NaBH4 amount (times, X-2), water amount (ml, X-3), and time (min., X-4), Central Composite Design (CCD) experiments are designed and determined by the Design-Expert program to determine the maximum observed current (mA/mgPd). Formic acid electro oxidation current density of the catalyst is computed by the model as 974.80 mA/mg Pd for the catalyst prepared at optimum operating conditions (41.14 for %Pd amount, 280.23 NaBH4 amount, 26.80 ml water amount, and 167.14 min time) obtained with numerical optimization method in CCD. This computed value is very close to the experimentally measured value as 920 mA/mg Pd. Finally, formic acid fuel cell measurements were performed on the Pd/CNT catalyst prepared at optimum operating conditions and compared with the commercial Pd black and Pt black catalysts. As a result, Pd/CNT exhibits better performance compared to Pd black, revealing that Pd/CNT is a promising catalyst for the direct formic acid fuel cell measurements. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.