Issue 17, 2014
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Chemical Communications

The role of transition metals in the catalytic activity of Pt alloys: quantification of strain and ligand effects†

Minhua Shao,‡*a   Jonathan H. Odell,a   Amra Pelesb  and  Dong Suc  

* Corresponding authors

a UTC Power, South Windsor, USA
E-mail: minhua@gmail.com

b United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, USA

c Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

Abstract

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity as a function of thickness of the Pt shell on Pt–Ni alloy nanoparticles was established. We demonstrated that the effects of transition metals could only extend to a very thin Pt shell, which was 0.9–1.0 nm for Pt3Ni.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC47341D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
26 Sep 2013
Accepted
24 Dec 2013
First published
02 Jan 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 2173-2176

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The role of transition metals in the catalytic activity of Pt alloys: quantification of strain and ligand effects

M. Shao, J. H. Odell, A. Peles and D. Su, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 2173 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC47341D

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