Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Materializing efficient methanol oxidation via electron delocalization in nickel hydroxide nanoribbon
- Xiaopeng Wang,
- Shibo Xi,
- Wee Siang Vincent Lee,
- Pengru Huang,
- Peng Cui,
- Lei Zhao,
- Weichang Hao,
- Xinsheng Zhao,
- Zhenbo Wang,
- Haijun Wu,
- Hao Wang,
- Caozheng Diao,
- Armando Borgna,
- Yonghua Du,
- Zhi Gen Yu,
- Stephen Pennycook,
- Junmin Xue
Affiliations
- Xiaopeng Wang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Shibo Xi
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Wee Siang Vincent Lee
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Pengru Huang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Peng Cui
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University
- Lei Zhao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Weichang Hao
- School of Physics, Beihang University
- Xinsheng Zhao
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University
- Zhenbo Wang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Haijun Wu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Hao Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Caozheng Diao
- Singapore Synchrotron Light Sources (SSLS), National University of Singapore
- Armando Borgna
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Yonghua Du
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Zhi Gen Yu
- Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
- Stephen Pennycook
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- Junmin Xue
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18459-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Development of suitable methanol oxidation reaction catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells is challenging due to sluggish kinetics. Herein, authors show that four-coordinate nickel atoms form charge-transfer orbitals near the Fermi energy level, leading to remarkable methanol oxidation activity.
