A Facile Strategy to PdCu Bimetallic Alloy Nanosponges with Highly Porous Features as a High‐Performance Electrocatalytic Activity for Ethanol Electrooxidation in an Alkaline Medium |
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| Authors: | Wei Hong Shaojun Dong |
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| Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, Jilin, PR China fax: +86?431?85689711 |
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| Abstract: | Well‐defined three‐dimensional (3D) PdCu bimetallic alloy nanosponges (BANs) with highly porous structure was reported through a rapid and general strategy. Significantly, the as‐prepared PdCu BANs exhibited greatly enhanced activity and stability than commercial Pd/C catalyst towards ethanol electrooxidation in an alkaline medium. Pd1Cu1 shows higher active area and better electrocatalytic activity than Pd1Cu2 and Pd2Cu1. This result demonstrates the potential of applying these PdCu BANs as effective electrocatalysts for direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs). |
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| Keywords: | Palladium‐copper alloy Highly porous materials Ethanol electrooxidation Enhanced activity |
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