Au/Pt and Au/Pt3Ni nanowires as self-supported electrocatalysts with high activity and durability for oxygen reduction

Yueming Tan; Jingmin Fan; Guangxu Chen; Nanfeng Zheng; Qingji Xie

doi:10.1039/c1cc15558j

Au/Pt and Au/Pt3Ni nanowires as self-supported electrocatalysts with high activity and durability for oxygen reduction

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Nov 14;47(42):11624-6. doi: 10.1039/c1cc15558j. Epub 2011 Sep 30.

Authors

Yueming Tan¹, Jingmin Fan, Guangxu Chen, Nanfeng Zheng, Qingji Xie

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

PMID: 21960041
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc15558j

Abstract

Novel Au/Pt and Au/Pt(3)Ni nanostructures consisting of Pt and Pt(3)Ni alloy nanodendrites grown on Au nanowires were synthesized, which exhibited high electrocatalytic activity and durability toward oxygen reduction when used as self-supported catalysts.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Gold / chemistry*
Microscopy, Electron / methods
Nanowires*
Nickel / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxygen / chemistry*
Platinum / chemistry*

Substances

Platinum
Gold
Nickel
Oxygen