Newly-designed complex ternary Pt/PdCu nanoboxes anchored on three-dimensional graphene framework for highly efficient ethanol oxidation

Chuangang Hu; Huhu Cheng; Yang Zhao; Yue Hu; Yong Liu; Liming Dai; Liangti Qu

doi:10.1002/adma.201200498

Newly-designed complex ternary Pt/PdCu nanoboxes anchored on three-dimensional graphene framework for highly efficient ethanol oxidation

Adv Mater. 2012 Oct 23;24(40):5493-8. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200498. Epub 2012 Aug 10.

Authors

Chuangang Hu¹, Huhu Cheng, Yang Zhao, Yue Hu, Yong Liu, Liming Dai, Liangti Qu

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China.

PMID: 22886893
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200498

Abstract

Newly-designed ternary Pt/PdCu nanoboxes on three-dimensional graphene framework (Pt/PdCu/3DGF) have been fabricated via a dual solvothermal strategy. This structurally well-defined Pt/PdCu/3DGF system possesses an approximately 4-fold improvement in catalytic activity for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media over the commercial 20% Pt/C catalyst as normalized by the total mass of active metals, showing the great potential for direct fuel cell applications.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Copper / chemistry*
Electrochemical Techniques
Electrodes
Ethanol / chemistry*
Graphite / chemistry*
Lead / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Oxidation-Reduction
Platinum / chemistry*

Substances

Lead
Ethanol
Platinum
Graphite
Copper