Journal
ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages 2829-2835Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cs500390s
Keywords
fuel cells; electrochemistry; electrocatalysis; Pt-Au bimetal nanostructure; methanol oxidation reaction
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51201122, 51171139]
- Doctoral program of higher education of China [20120201120049, 20130201110032, 20110201120039]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [08142023, 08143077, xkjc2014004]
- Scientific New Star Program in Shaanxi Province [2012KJXX-03]
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Controlling the morphology of Pt-Au bimetal nanostructures can provide a great opportunity to increase their catalytic activity on a Pt mass basis and improve their durability at the same time. In this study, we synthesized Pt-on-Au hollow urchinlike nanoparticles (NPs), which present a structure consisting of a monolayer of small Pt NPs uniformly overgrown on an Au hollow nanourchin (HNU). The Pt-Au HNUs demonstrated an ultrahigh density of sharp tips and uniform coating of 2 nm Pt NPs. This well-controlled bimetal nanostructure exhibited a large electrochemical surface area, more than 2 times higher than that of Pt black, and a relatively high electrocatalytic activity toward the methanol oxidation reaction, more than 3 times greater than the Pt black and Pt/C commercial reference catalysts. Simultaneously, the Pt-Au HNUs showed greatly improved durability because of the small Pt NPs on the surface of Pt-Au HNUs which were effectively stabilized by the Au metal support.
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