Masahiro Watanabe

TL;DR: In this article, the Pt + Ru binary catalyst has been developed which provides a simple way of obtaining a specific surface area (ca. 80 m2 g−1) more than 3 times larger than that obtained by conventional methods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the surface composition of Au-Pt and Au-pd alloy electrodes has been investigated for methanol oxidation and the results indicate that surface composition plays predominant roles in the methenol oxidation.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of platinum size on the electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen molecules in both hot phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid has been examined, and it is shown that when the intercrystallite distance is greater than an average of 20 nm, the apparent specific activity is fully achieved for all electrocatalyst dispersions.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of platinum crystallite dispersion on the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol in sulphuric acid has been examined with different carbon black supports.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new preparation method of a gas diffusion electrode, based on the concept that the functions of the reaction layer in the electrode are allotted completely to a hydrophilic, catalysed carbon black and a wet-proofed carbon black, produces very high performance gas diffusion electrodes working at 100% utilization of platinum clusters in sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid.