Artigo Revisado por pares

Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Pt Subnanoclusters on Graphene Nanosheet Surface

2009; American Chemical Society; Volume: 9; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/nl900397t

ISSN

1530-6992

Autores

Eunjoo Yoo, Tatsuhiro Okata, Tornoki Akita, Masanori Kohyama, Junji Nakamura, Itaru Honma,

Tópico(s)

Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Resumo

Graphene nanosheet (GNS) gives rise to an extraordinary modification to the properties of Pt cluster electrocatalysts supported on it. The Pt/GNS electrocatalyst revealed an unusually high activity for methanol oxidation reaction compared to Pt/carbon black catalyst. The Pt/GNS electrocatalyst also revealed quite a different characteristic for CO oxidation among the measured catalyst samples. It is found that Pt particles below 0.5 nm in size are formed on GNS, which would acquire the specific electronic structures of Pt, modifying its catalytic activities.

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