Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Yanbin Qi; Yue Zhang; Li Yang; Yuhan Zhao; Yihua Zhu; Hongliang Jiang; Chunzhong Li

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32443-5

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Insights into the activity of nickel boride/nickel heterostructures for efficient methanol electrooxidation

Yanbin Qi,
Yue Zhang,
Li Yang,
Yuhan Zhao,
Yihua Zhu,
Hongliang Jiang,
Chunzhong Li

Affiliations

Yanbin Qi: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yue Zhang: Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University
Li Yang: Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University
Yuhan Zhao: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yihua Zhu: Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Hongliang Jiang: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Chunzhong Li: Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32443-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Understanding the role of active sites in electrooxidation reactions is important yet challenging. Here, the authors use operando spectroscopies to monitor the effect of methanol concentration on Ni3B/Ni heterostructures during formate production.

Published in Nature Communications

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