title: Palladium-cobalt nanotube arrays supported on carbon fiber cloth as high-performance flexible electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation.
abstract: PdCo nanotube arrays (NTAs) supported on carbon fiber cloth (CFC) (PdCo NTAs/CFC) are presented as high-performance flexible electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation. The fabricated flexible PdCo NTAs/CFC exhibits significantly improved electrocatalytic activity and durability compared with Pd NTAs/CFC and commercial Pd/C catalysts. Most importantly, the PdCo NTAs/CFC shows excellent flexibility and the high electrocatalytic performance remains almost constant under the different distorted states, such as normal, bending, and twisting states. This work shows the first example of Pd-based alloy NTAs supported on CFC as high-performance flexible electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation.
authors: MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275 (China).
authors: An-Liang
authors: AL
authors: Wang
authors: Xu-Jun
authors: XJ
authors: He
authors: Xue-Feng
authors: XF
authors: Lu
authors: Han
authors: H
authors: Xu
authors: Ye-Xiang
authors: YX
authors: Tong
authors: Gao-Ren
authors: GR
authors: Li
keywords: PdCo alloy; carbon fiber cloth; electrocatalysts; ethanol oxidation; nanotube arrays