Issue 13, 2015

Angstrom-scale vanadium carbide rods as Pt electrocatalyst support for efficient methanol oxidation reaction

Abstract

Angstrom-scale vanadium carbide rods combined with carbon (denoted as C–V8C7 (rods)) are synthesized through an ion-exchange route. The angstrom-scale C–V8C7 (rods) show better promotion effect on Pt than the nanoscale C–V8C7 (particles) towards methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). Furthermore, Pt particle loading on C–V8C7 (rods) (denoted as Pt/C–V8C7 (rods)) show much higher MOR activity and stability than commercial Pt/C electrocatalyst. The present method is imagined to be adopted to easily synthesize other angstrom-scale materials.

Graphical abstract: Angstrom-scale vanadium carbide rods as Pt electrocatalyst support for efficient methanol oxidation reaction

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Oct 2014
Accepted
23 Dec 2014
First published
05 Jan 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 9561-9564

Author version available

Angstrom-scale vanadium carbide rods as Pt electrocatalyst support for efficient methanol oxidation reaction

Z. Yan, L. Gao, M. Zhang, J. Xie and M. Chen, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 9561 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA11798K

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