title: Solvothermal synthesis of Pt-Pd alloys with selective shapes and their enhanced electrocatalytic activities.
abstract: Pt-Pd bimetallic alloy nanostructures with highly selective morphologies such as cube, bar, flower, concave cube, and dendrite have been achieved through a facile one-pot solvothermal synthesis. The effects of shape-controllers (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid disodium salt (EDTA-2Na), NaI) and solvents (water/DMF) on the morphologies were systematically investigated. The electrocatalytic activities of these Pt-Pd alloy nanostructures toward formic acid oxidation were tested. The results indicated that these alloy nanocrystals exhibited enhanced and shape-dependent electrocatalytic activity toward formic acid oxidation compared to commercial Pt black and Pt/C catalysts.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Department of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Cheng
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun-Feng
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Zhen-Guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Qi-Yu
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Biao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Chang
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chun-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jin-Sen
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang