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NANOSCALE
Volume 10, Issue 10, Pages 4670-4674Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7nr09669k
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21571038, 21361005, 91127040, 21221062]
- Open Fund of the Key Lab of Organic Optoelectronics & Molecular Engineering (Tsinghua University)
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces [201520]
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Synergetic effects between Pt and a cheap metal, downshift of the d-band center of Pt and the shape can boost the catalytic performance of Pt-based nanocrystals. Therefore, tailoring the shape and composition within the nanoscale is the key to designing a robust electrocatalyst in electrochemical energy conversion. Here, Cu-rich PtCu octahedral alloys achieved by a composition-driven shape evolution route have been used as outstanding bifunctional electrocatalysts for both methanol oxidation (MOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in an acid medium. When benchmarked against commercial Pt black or Pt/C, for MOR, the specific activity/mass activity on Pt34.5Cu65.5 octahedra is 4.74/7.53 times higher than that on commercial Pt black; for ORR, the specific activity/mass activity on Pt34.5Cu65.5 octahedra is 7.7/4.2 times higher than that on commercial Pt/C. After a current-time test for 3600 s, the remaining mass activity on Pt34.5Cu65.5 octahedra is 35.5 times higher than that on commercial Pt black for MOR. After undergoing 5000 cycles for ORR, the remaining mass activity on Pt34.5Cu65.5 octahedra is 4.2 times higher than that on commercial Pt/C.
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