Electro-exfoliated PdTe2 nanosheets for enhanced methanol electrooxidation performance in alkaline media

Jingjing Luo; Peng Jiang; Dongdong Wang; Xueyou Yuan; Hongli Sun; Lang Gan; Chenliang Su; Qitao Zhang

doi:10.1039/d2cc00398h

Electro-exfoliated PdTe₂ nanosheets for enhanced methanol electrooxidation performance in alkaline media

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Apr 12;58(30):4755-4758. doi: 10.1039/d2cc00398h.

Authors

Jingjing Luo¹, Peng Jiang^{1

2}, Dongdong Wang², Xueyou Yuan³, Hongli Sun¹, Lang Gan¹, Chenliang Su¹, Qitao Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronic Science & Technology, Engineering Technology Research Center for 2D Materials Information Functional Devices and Systems of Guangdong Province, Institute of Microscale Optoeletronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China. qitao-zhang@szu.edu.cn.
² School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China.
³ Department of Energy Engineering and Venture Business Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan.

PMID: 35333272
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00398h

Abstract

Hydrogen-free cathodic exfoliation was utilized to obtain PdTe₂ nanosheets (PTNS) with size 300 nm × 100 nm. Abundant highly exposed active sites and a strong electronic effect between Pd and Te endow PTNS with simultaneous superior methanol oxidation performance in alkaline media, which delivers a low onset potential, high mass and specific activity, and efficient CO elimination ability.