Platinum-Coated Copper Nanowires with High Activity for Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction in Base

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• 作者：Shaun M. Alia ; Bryan S. Pivovar ; Yushan Yan
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：September 11, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：135
• 期：36
• 页码：13473-13478
• 全文大小：323K
• 年卷期：v.135,no.36(September 11, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5126

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Platinum (Pt)-coated copper (Cu) nanowires (Pt/CuNWs) are synthesized by the partial galvanic displacement of CuNWs and have a 100 nm diameter and are 25鈥?0 渭m length. Pt/CuNWs are studied as a hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) catalyst in base along with Cu templated Pt nanotubes (PtNT (Cu)), a 5% Cu monolayer on a bulk polycrystalline Pt electrode (5% ML Cu/BPPt), BPPt, and carbon supported Pt (Pt/C). Comparison of these catalysts demonstrates that the inclusion of Cu benefited the HOR activity of Pt/CuNWs likely by providing compressive strain on Pt; surface Cu further aids in hydroxyl adsorption, thereby improving the HOR activity of Pt/CuNWs. Pt/CuNWs exceed the area and mass exchange current densities of carbon supported Pt by 3.5 times and 1.9 times.