Development of Ternary and Quaternary Catalysts for the Electrooxidation of Glycerol

Table 2

Cost/benefit ratio of the catalysts.

Metallic precursor	Cost of the metal from precursor; (US $/g)	Composition of the catalyst (mol %)	I/A (g^−1Pt); on t = 1 h	Cost of the catalyst (US $/g)	Cost/benefit; US $/A
PtCl4, Sigma-Aldrich	728.85
IrCl3·nH2O, Sigma-Aldrich	980.75	Pt60Sn10Ni30	0.69	1222.83	1772.22
RuCl3·nH2O, Acros Organics	74.75	Pt60Sn10Ni10Ru20	6.71	1250.66	186.39
NiCl2 98%, Sigma-Aldrich	5.64	Pt60Sn10Ni20Ru10	1.96	1236.82	631.03
SnCl4 99%, Sigma-Aldrich	1.69	Pt60Sn10Ni10Ir20	0.10	1635.34	16353.40