Multiply twinned Pt-Pd nanoicosahedrons as highly active electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation

An-Xiang Yin; Xiao-Quan Min; Wei Zhu; Hao-Shuai Wu; Ya-Wen Zhang; Chun-Hua Yan

doi:10.1039/c1cc16482a

Multiply twinned Pt-Pd nanoicosahedrons as highly active electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2012 Jan 14;48(4):543-5. doi: 10.1039/c1cc16482a. Epub 2011 Nov 9.

Authors

An-Xiang Yin¹, Xiao-Quan Min, Wei Zhu, Hao-Shuai Wu, Ya-Wen Zhang, Chun-Hua Yan

Affiliation

¹ Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

PMID: 22068379
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc16482a

Abstract

Bimetallic Pt-Pd nanoicosahedrons (NIs) with multiple {111} twins were obtained through a facile one-pot hydrothermal synthesis in a high shape selectivity of 82%. The {111}-enclosed NIs exhibited superior electrocatalytic activities to {111}-enclosed Pt-Pd nanotetrahedrons as well as commercial Pt catalysts (Pt black and Pt/C) for methanol oxidation.