One-pot synthesis of single-crystalline PtPb nanodendrites with enhanced activity for electrooxidation of formic acid

Ximing Qu; Zhenming Cao; Binwei Zhang; XiaoChun Tian; Fuchun Zhu; Zongcheng Zhang; Yanxia Jiang; Shigang Sun

doi:10.1039/c6cc00184j

One-pot synthesis of single-crystalline PtPb nanodendrites with enhanced activity for electrooxidation of formic acid

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Mar 25;52(24):4493-6. doi: 10.1039/c6cc00184j.

Authors

Ximing Qu¹, Zhenming Cao¹, Binwei Zhang¹, XiaoChun Tian¹, Fuchun Zhu¹, Zongcheng Zhang¹, Yanxia Jiang¹, Shigang Sun¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China. yxjiangsusan@gmail.com sgsun@xmu.edu.cn.

PMID: 26932325
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc00184j

Abstract

Bimetallic PtPb nanodendrites with a single-crystalline structure were obtained by a facile one-pot strategy. The as-synthesized dendritic structure was well characterized and the growth mechanism was investigated. PtPb nanodendrites exhibited superior activity (5.1 times higher than commercial Pd black) and strong anti-poisoning ability for electrooxidation of formic acid.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Electrochemistry
Formates / chemistry*
Lead / chemistry*
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Platinum / chemistry*

Substances

Formates
formic acid
Lead
Platinum