The Use of Diamond for Energy Conversion System Applications: A Review

Table 2

Catalysts or composite catalysts on BDD support synthesized by the sol-gel method.

Fuel studied	Catalyst deposited on BDD electrode	Characterization techniques	Precursors	Reference
Methanol and ethanol	Pt; Pt-RuO2; Pt-RuO2-RhO2	XRD, EDX,; AFM, SEM	Pt (II), Ru (III), Rh (III) acetylacetonates in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and acetic acid	[58]
Ethanol	PtOx; PtOx-RuO2; RuO2; IrO2; PbO2	AFM	Pt (II), Ru (III), Pb (II), Ir (III) acetylacetonates in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and acetic acid	[49]
Methanol and ethanol	Pt-RuO2/C	XRD, EDX	Pt (II), Ru (III) acetylacetonates in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and acetic acid/carbon black powder (Vulcan XC72R)	[50]
Methanol	Pt-RuOx	SEM, DRX	Pt (II), Ru (III) acetylacetonates in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and acetic acid	[59]
Ethanol	Pt-RuO2/C; Pt-PbOx/C; Pt-IrO2/C; Pt-(RuO2-IrO2)/C; Pt-(RuO2-PbOx)/C; Pt-(IrO2-PbOx)/C	XRD, EDX	Pt (II), Ru (III), Pb (II), Ir (III) acetylacetonates in a mixture of ethanol and acetic acid/carbon black powder (Vulcan XC72R)	[55]
Methanol and ethanol	Pt; Pt-SnO2; Pt-Ta2O5	XRD, EDX, SEM, AFM	Pt (II) acetylacetonate, Sn (IV) bis(acetylacetonate) dibromide, Ta (V) ethoxide in a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and acetic acid	[61]
—	Pt oxides	TEM, XPS	Pt (II) acetylacetonate in a mixture of ethanol and acetic acid	[64]