用四氢呋喃(THF)络合还原法分别合成并比较了碳载金(Au/C)、碳载铱(Ir/C)、碳载金-铱(Au-Ir/C)催化剂对氧气还原和甲酸氧化的电催化活性.发现3种催化剂对甲酸氧化都没有电催化活性;Au-Ir/C催化剂对氧还原的电催化活性要远好于Au/C和Ir/C催化剂.表明Au-Ir/C催化剂适合作为直接甲酸燃料电池(DFAFC)的阴极催化剂.

In this paper,it is reported for the first time that the electrocatalytic activities of the carbon supported Au(Au/C),carbon supported Ir(Ir/C) and the carbon supported Au-Ir(Au-Ir/C) catalysts prepared in the aqueous solution with tetrahydrofuran(THF) for the oxidation of formic acid and for the oxygen reduction were compared.It was found that all three catalysts showed no electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of formic acid,but the electrocatalytic activity of the Au-Ir/C catalyst for oxygen reduction was much better than those of Au/C and Ir/C.Thus,the Au-Ir/C catalyst is suitable to be used as the cathodic catalyst in Direct formic acid fuel cell(DFAFC).