Monodispersed platinum nanocubes for enhanced electrocatalytic properties in alcohol electrooxidation
- 19 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Communications
- Vol. 47 (22), 6296-6298
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc10798d
Abstract
We report Pt nanocubes of ∼4.5 nm in size synthesized by thermal decomposition in the presence of PVP. The Pt cubic electrocatalysts with dominantly exposed {100} facets show much improved electrocatalytic activities in methanol, ethanol and formic acid electrooxidation.Keywords
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