Platinum-Decorated Ultrafine Pd Nanoparticles Monodispersed on Pristine Graphene with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Performance

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Abstract

Ultrafine and monodispersed Pd particles with a size of approximately 1.7nm on pristine graphene are decorated with a low loading of Pt through a spontaneous deposition method. The electrocatalytic activity and poisoning species tolerance toward formic acid oxidation is improved after Pt decoration. Theoretical calculations reveal more continuous d-states of the partial density of states and a downshift of the d-band center in the Pt-decorated Pd catalysts, which result in better electrocatalytic performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)172-175
Number of pages4
JournalChemPlusChem
Volume81
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • density functional calculations
  • electrocatalysis
  • formic acid oxidation
  • graphene
  • palladium

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