Current progress of Pt and Pt-based electrocatalysts used for fuel cells

X Ren, Q Lv, L Liu, B Liu, Y Wang, A Liu… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the growing demand for energy and impending environmental issues, fuel cells have
attracted significant attention as an alternative to conventional energy technologies. As cost …

Direct methanol fuel cells system–A review of dual-role electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation

Y Zuo, W Sheng, W Tao, Z Li - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
One fundamental challenge in exploiting direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) is the
preparation of inexpensive, high active electrocatalysts, which are highly active and durable …

High-entropy alloys as a platform for catalysis: progress, challenges, and opportunities

Y Xin, S Li, Y Qian, W Zhu, H Yuan, P Jiang, R Guo… - Acs …, 2020 - ACS Publications
High-entropy alloys (HEAs), which are defined as near-equimolar alloys of five or more
elements, are attracting ever increasing attention because of the unique properties in a …

Nanocatalysis by noble metal nanoparticles: controlled synthesis for the optimization and understanding of activities

TS Rodrigues, AGM da Silva… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Noble-metal nanoparticles have been widely employed in catalysis. As catalytic properties
are dependent on their physical/chemical parameters, strategies for their controlled …

Unraveling the Lattice O Assisted Internal Selective Catalytic Reduction Mechanism on High N2 Selectivity of CuOx/PtCu Catalysts in NH3-SCO

Y Liu, Z Liu, C Wang, J Xu, J Ai, X Liu, A Zhang… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Supported Pt catalysts suffer from low reaction selectivity (< 65% at 100% conversion) in the
selective catalytic oxidation of ammonia (NH3-SCO) because of their intrinsic over-oxidation …

PtCuRu Nanoflowers with Ru‐Rich Edge for Efficient Fuel‐Cell Electrocatalysis

M Qiao, FY Meng, H Wu, Y Wei, XF Zeng, JX Wang - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancing the catalytic activity of Pt‐based alloy by a rational structural design is the key to
addressing the sluggish kinetics of direct alcohol fuel cells. Herein, a facile one‐pot method …

Renovating phase constitution and construction of Pt nanocubes for electrocatalysis of methanol oxidation via a solvothermal-induced strong metal-support interaction

Y Wang, Z Li, X Zheng, R Wu, J Song, Y Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Strong metal-support interaction (SMSI) covering migration of reducible oxides from the
support onto loaded metal surfaces and alloying of the guest metal with the metal …

Hexapod PtRuCu nanocrystalline alloy for highly efficient and stable methanol oxidation

S Xue, W Deng, F Yang, J Yang, IS Amiinu, D He… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A hexapod PtRuCu nanocrystalline alloy material is successfully fabricated by a facile
approach based on Stranski–Krastanov growth and galvanic replacement and used as an …

Platinum− copper bimetallic nanoparticles supported on TiO2 as catalysts for photo− thermal catalytic toluene combustion

Y Qi, Z Yang, Y Jiang, H Han, T Wu, L Wu… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Oxidation of toluene into CO2 and H2O under mild conditions via a photo-promoted catalytic
process has been regarded as a promising tactic to solve the toluene pollution issues in air …

Cobalt single atoms enabling efficient methanol oxidation reaction on platinum anchored on nitrogen‐doped carbon

J Ruan, Y Chen, G Zhao, P Li, B Zhang, Y Jiang, T Ma… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Developing efficient platinum (Pt)‐based electrocatalysts with high tolerance to CO
poisoning for the methanol oxidation reaction is critical for the development of direct …