Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

Lingzheng Bu; Shaojun Guo; Xu Zhang; Xuan Shen; Dong Su; Gang Lu; Xing Zhu; Jianlin Yao; Jun Guo; Xiaoqing Huang

doi:10.1038/ncomms11850

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Surface engineering of hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires for efficient electrocatalysis

Lingzheng Bu,
Shaojun Guo,
Xu Zhang,
Xuan Shen,
Dong Su,
Gang Lu,
Xing Zhu,
Jianlin Yao,
Jun Guo,
Xiaoqing Huang

Affiliations

Lingzheng Bu: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Shaojun Guo: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University
Xu Zhang: Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University
Xuan Shen: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dong Su: Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Gang Lu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University
Xing Zhu: Testing and Analysis Center, Soochow University
Jianlin Yao: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University
Jun Guo: Testing and Analysis Center, Soochow University
Xiaoqing Huang: College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11850
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Platinum-based nanowires are promising for fuel cell applications due to their high catalytic activity. Here the authors report on hierarchical platinum-cobalt nanowires with high-index facets showing specific/mass activities for oxygen reduction reaction 39.6/33.7 times higher than commercial Pt/C catalyst.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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