Issue 22, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Carbon monoxide-controlled synthesis of surface-clean Pt nanocubes with high electrocatalytic activity†

Guangxu Chen,a   Yueming Tan,a   Binghui Wu,a   Gang Fu*a  and  Nanfeng Zheng*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
E-mail: nfzheng@xmu.edu.cn, gfu@xmu.edu.cn
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Abstract

A new strategy for synthesis of Pt nanocubes on various supports by reduction of a Pt precursor under a CO atmosphere was described. The as-prepared Pt nanocubes supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes exhibited high activity toward methanol electrooxidation.

Graphical abstract: Carbon monoxide-controlled synthesis of surface-clean Pt nanocubes with high electrocatalytic activity

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17984A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Dec 2011
Accepted
17 Jan 2012
First published
18 Jan 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 2758-2760

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Carbon monoxide-controlled synthesis of surface-clean Pt nanocubes with high electrocatalytic activity

G. Chen, Y. Tan, B. Wu, G. Fu and N. Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 2758 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17984A

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