Amorphous palladium-based alloy nanoparticles as highly active electrocatalysts for ethanol oxidation
Yufeng Zhang, Jinjie Fang, Lipeng Zhang, Dong Wei, Wei Zhu, Zhongbin Zhuang
Abstract
Amorphous Pd-P metal-metalloid alloy nanoparticles showed a higher electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction performance than crystalline Pd nanoparticles. The high performance was attributed to the rich defective coordination unsaturated sites and the P alloying, which enhanced the OH adsorption.
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PalladiumAmorphous solidAlloyNanoparticleElectrochemistryMetalloidMaterials scienceEthanolAmorphous metalAdsorptionMetalChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryCatalysisMetallurgyNanotechnologyChemistryOrganic chemistryElectrodePhysical chemistryEngineeringElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceAdvanced battery technologies research