title: Capping polymer-enhanced electrocatalytic activity on Pt nanoparticles: a combined electrochemical and in situ IR spectroelectrochemical study.
abstract: Unexpected yet highly remarkable and intriguing observations of the polymer-enhanced electro-catalytic activity of the Pt nanoparticles for electro-oxidations of both methanol and formic acid were reported. In situ FTIR investigation suggests strongly that the observed activity enhancements are highly likely due to the PVP-induced additional reaction pathways. These observations may open up a new paradigm of research in which the protecting/stabilizing organic ligands can now be incorporated as an advantageous part and/or a finer catalytic activity tuner of a nanocatalytic system.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th & O Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
authors: Ceren
authors: C
authors: Susut
authors: De-Jun
authors: DJ
authors: Chen
authors: Shi-Gang
authors: SG
authors: Sun
authors: YuYe J
authors: YJ
authors: Tong