A facile strategy to synthesize three-dimensional Pd@Pt core-shell nanoflowers supported on graphene nanosheets as enhanced nanoelectrocatalysts for methanol oxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jul 4;51(52):10490-3. doi: 10.1039/c5cc01803j.

Abstract

Here we demonstrate for the first time a water-based surfactant-free synthesis of three-dimensional porous Pd@Pt core-shell nanoflowers on graphene. The obtained Pd@Pt-graphene hybrids exhibited substantially enhanced electrocatalytic activity and stability relative to the commercial Pt/C catalyst originating from this exquisite nanoarchitecture for three-dimensional molecular accessibility and graphene-metal interaction.