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This fuel was determined to hold no advantages over formic acid for oxidation with the Pt/Pd catalyst. This study also revealed the inadequacy of methanol oxidation on the Pt/Pd catalyst. Radiolabeling with electrochemistry was used to examine the poison/potential and poison/environment relationships. Poison from methanol and formic acid was determined to be strongly adsorbed CO, which was replaceable by CO passed through the electrolyte. The potentiometric differences between methanol and formic acid oxidation were also studied on a platinum black substrate. Formic acid oxidation was determined to go through the direct CO2 pathway, with poison buildup from CO formation only observed in a dynamic experiment in the HUPD region, indicating a reverse water-gas shift. Finally, we attempted to identify the poison species from formic acid oxidation on palladium. 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