Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Platinum nanosheets synthesized via topotactic reduction of single-layer platinum oxide nanosheets for electrocatalysis

  • Daisuke Takimoto,
  • Shino Toma,
  • Yuya Suda,
  • Tomoki Shirokura,
  • Yuki Tokura,
  • Katsutoshi Fukuda,
  • Masashi Matsumoto,
  • Hideto Imai,
  • Wataru Sugimoto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35616-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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2D metals are promising electrocatalysts due to their potentially large surface area. Here we report double-layer Pt nanosheets derived from exfoliated PtOx nanosheets with higher electrochemically active surface area, oxygen reduction reaction activity, and stability compared to Pt nanoparticles.