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NANOSCALE
Volume 8, Issue 22, Pages 11559-11564Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6nr02349e
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- Major State Basic Research Development Program of China [2012CB215500]
- Natural Science Foundation of China [21222310, 21573183, 21361140374, 21321062]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [20720160045]
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Concave nanocubes are enclosed by high-index facets and have negative curvature; they are expected to have enhanced reactivity, as compared to nanocubes with flat surfaces. Herein, we propose and demonstrate a new strategy for the synthesis of concave Pt nanocubes with {hk0} high-index facets, by using a hydrogen adsorption-mediated electrochemical square-wave potential method. It was found that Pt atoms prefer to deposit on edge sites rather than terrace sites on Pt surfaces with intensive hydrogen adsorption, resulting in the formation of concave structures. The as-prepared concave Pt nanocubes exhibit enhanced catalytic activity and stability towards oxidation of ethanol and formic acid in acidic solutions, compared to commercial Pt/C catalysts.
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