Amorphous palladium-based alloy nanoparticles as highly active electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation

Amorphous Pd-P metal-metalloid alloy nanoparticles showed a higher electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction performance than crystalline Pd nanoparticles. The high performance was attributed to the rich defective coordination unsaturated sites and the P alloying, which enhanced the OH adsorption.

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Amorphous Pd-P metal-metalloid alloy nanoparticles exhibit higher electrochemical performance in ethanol oxidation reaction compared to crystalline Pd nanoparticles, thanks to abundant defective coordination unsaturated sites and P alloying, which enhance the adsorption of OH.