Superior Bifunctional Liquid Fuel Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis Enabled by PtNiPd Core-Shell Nanowires

Nan Zhang; Yonggang Feng; Xing Zhu; Shaojun Guo; Jun Guo; Xiaoqing Huang

doi:10.1002/adma.201603774

Superior Bifunctional Liquid Fuel Oxidation and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis Enabled by PtNiPd Core-Shell Nanowires

Adv Mater. 2017 Feb;29(7). doi: 10.1002/adma.201603774. Epub 2016 Dec 14.

Authors

Nan Zhang¹, Yonggang Feng¹, Xing Zhu², Shaojun Guo³, Jun Guo², Xiaoqing Huang¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
² Testing & Analysis Center, Soochow University, Jiangsu, 215123, China.
³ Department of Materials Science & Engineering and Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.

PMID: 27966229
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603774

Abstract

An ultrathin PtNi NWs mediated strategy to form PtNiPd core-shell NWs is constructed. The combination of 1D structure, high-index bounded surface, and unique core-shell structure with high activity of the PtNi shell results in superior performance toward both the liquid fuel oxidation reactions and oxygen reduction reaction.

Keywords: core-shell; high-index facets; nanowires; oxygen reduction reaction; platinum-nickel.