• 文献标题:   Facile fabrication of stable PdCu clusters uniformly decorated on graphene as an efficient electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG Z, GONG YY, WU DB, LI Z, LI Q, ZHENG LW, CHEN W, YUAN WY, ZHANG LY
  • 作者关键词:   palladium copper alloy, cluster, electrocatalyst, formic acid oxidation, fuel cell
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • ISSN:   0360-3199 EI 1879-3487
  • 通讯作者地址:   Qingdao Univ
  • 被引频次:   29
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.004
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Small-sized nanocrystals uniformly distributed on suitable supports are promising as active electrocatalysts due to their unique electronic structure and high accessible surface area. Herein, we report the synthesis of graphene supported PdCu nanoclusters with a uniform size of 2.3 nm via a facile one-pot solvothermal method. This nanohybrid exhibits much higher inherent catalytic activity and stability for formic acid oxidation in comparison to graphene supported Pd clusters and commercial Pd/C. The PdCu nanoclusters can maintain their original size and dispersity on graphene even after 200 CV cycles. This work offers an efficient low Pd-loading catalyst for formic acid oxidation, and the synthetic approach is of significance to preparing uniform metal-based clusters decorated on supports with superior catalytic properties for fuel cells and sensors. (C) 2018 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.