Control of the Interfacial Wettability to Synthesize Highly Dispersed PtPd Nanocrystals for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Hao Wei; Zhi-Yi Hu; Yu-Xuan Xiao; Ge Tian; Jie Ying; Gustaaf Van Tendeloo; Christoph Janiak; Xiao-Yu Yang; Bao-Lian Su

doi:10.1002/asia.201800191

Control of the Interfacial Wettability to Synthesize Highly Dispersed PtPd Nanocrystals for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Chem Asian J. 2018 May 4;13(9):1119-1123. doi: 10.1002/asia.201800191. Epub 2018 Apr 14.

Authors

Hao Wei¹, Zhi-Yi Hu^{1

2}, Yu-Xuan Xiao¹, Ge Tian¹, Jie Ying^{1

3}, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo^{2

4}, Christoph Janiak⁵, Xiao-Yu Yang¹, Bao-Lian Su^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan, China.
² NRC (Nanostructure Research Centre), Wuhan University of Technology, 122, Luoshi Road, Wuhan, China.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
⁴ EMAT (Electron Microscopy for Materials Science), University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020, Antwerpen, Belgium.
⁵ Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Strukturchemie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40204, Düsseldorf, Germany.
⁶ Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Chemistry (CMI), University of Namur, 61 rue de Bruxelles, 5000, Namur, Belgium.

PMID: 29573170
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800191

Abstract

Highly dispersed PtPd bimetallic nanocrystals with enhanced catalytic activity and stability were prepared by adjusting the interfacial wettability of the reaction solution on a commercial carbon support. This approach holds great promise for the development of high-performance and low-cost catalysts for practical applications.

Keywords: high dispersion; oxygen reduction reaction; palladium; platinum; wettability.