Construction of Pd-Zn dual sites to enhance the performance for ethanol electro-oxidation reaction

Yajun Qiu; Jian Zhang; Jing Jin; Jiaqiang Sun; Haolin Tang; Qingqing Chen; Zedong Zhang; Wenming Sun; Ge Meng; Qi Xu; Youqi Zhu; Aijuan Han; Lin Gu; Dingsheng Wang; Yadong Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25600-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Construction of Pd-Zn dual sites to enhance the performance for ethanol electro-oxidation reaction

Yajun Qiu,
Jian Zhang,
Jing Jin,
Jiaqiang Sun,
Haolin Tang,
Qingqing Chen,
Zedong Zhang,
Wenming Sun,
Ge Meng,
Qi Xu,
Youqi Zhu,
Aijuan Han,
Lin Gu,
Dingsheng Wang,
Yadong Li

Affiliations

Yajun Qiu: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Jian Zhang: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University
Jing Jin: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Jiaqiang Sun: State Key Laboratory of Coal Conversion, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haolin Tang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology
Qingqing Chen: Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University
Zedong Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Wenming Sun: College of Science, China Agricultural University
Ge Meng: College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University
Qi Xu: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Youqi Zhu: Research Center of Materials Science, Beijing Institute of Technology
Aijuan Han: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Lin Gu: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dingsheng Wang: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University
Yadong Li: Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25600-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Rational design and synthesis of superior electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation is crucial to practical applications of direct ethanol fuel cells. Here, authors report the construction of Pd-Zn dual sites with well exposure and uniformity can improve the efficiency of ethanol electro-oxidation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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