Thisworkreportsafeasiblesynthesisofhighly-dispersedPtandPt-Fenanoparticlessupportedonmultiwallcarbonnanotubes(MWCNTs)withoutFeandmultiwallcarbonnanotubeswithiron(MWCNTs-Fe)whichappliedaselectrocatalystsformethanolelectrooxidation.APtcoordinationcomplexsaltwassynthesizedinanaqueoussolutionanditwasusedasprecursortopreparePt/MWCNTs,Pt/MWCNTs-Fe,andPt-Fe/MWCNTsusingFeCl24H2OasironsourcewhichwerenamedS1,S2andS3,respectively.Thecoordinationcomplexofplatinum(TOA)2PtCl6wasobtainedbythechemicalreactionbetween(NH4)2PtCl6withtetraoctylammoniumbromide(TOAB)anditwascharacterizedbyFT-IRandTGA.ThematerialswerecharacterizedbyRamanspectroscopy,SEM,EDS,XRD,TEMandTGA.TheelectrocatalyticactivityofPt-basedsupportedonMWCNTsinthemethanoloxidationwasinvestigatedbycyclicvoltammetry(CV)andchronoamperometry(CA).Pt-Fe/MWCNTselectrocatalystsshowedthehighestelectrocatalyticactivityandstabilityamongthetestedelectrocatalystsduetothattheadditionof'Fe'promotestheOHspeciesadsorptionontheelectrocatalystsurfaceatlowpotentials,thus,enhancingtheactivitytowardthemethanoloxidationreaction(MOR).
