Simultaneous reduction-etching route to Pt/ZnSnO3 hollow polyhedral architectures for methanol electrooxidation in alkaline media with superior performance

Han Jiang; Baoyou Geng; Long Kuai; Shaozhen Wang

doi:10.1039/c0cc04390g

Simultaneous reduction-etching route to Pt/ZnSnO3 hollow polyhedral architectures for methanol electrooxidation in alkaline media with superior performance

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Feb 28;47(8):2447-9. doi: 10.1039/c0cc04390g. Epub 2010 Dec 20.

Authors

Han Jiang¹, Baoyou Geng, Long Kuai, Shaozhen Wang

Affiliation

¹ College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, PR China.

PMID: 21170454
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc04390g

Abstract

In this communication, a simultaneous reduction-etching route is exploited to fabricate Pt/ZnSnO(3) hollow polyhedra. The hollow ZnSnO(3) polyhedron is found to act as a novel and efficient support of Pt-based catalyst for methanol electrooxidation in alkaline media.