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Du M, Zhang Y, Kang S, Xu C, Ma Y, Cai L, Zhu Y, Chai Y, Qiu B. Electrochemical Production of Glycolate Fuelled By Polyethylene Terephthalate Plastics with Improved Techno-Economics. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2023; 19:e2303693. [PMID: 37231558 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202303693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Electrochemical valorization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste streams into commodity chemicals offers a potentially sustainable route for creating a circular plastic economy. However, PET wastes upcycling into valuable C2 product remains a huge challenge by the lack of an electrocatalyst that can steer the oxidation economically and selectively. Here, it is reported a catalyst comprising Pt nanoparticles hybridized with γ-NiOOH nanosheets supported on Ni foam (Pt/γ-NiOOH/NF) that favors electrochemical transformation of real-word PET hydrolysate into glycolate with high Faradaic efficiency (> 90%) and selectivity (> 90%) across wide reactant (ethylene glycol, EG) concentration ranges under a marginal applied voltage of 0.55 V, which can be paired with cathodic hydrogen production. Computational studies combined with experimental characterizations elucidate that the Pt/γ-NiOOH interface with substantial charge accumulation gives rise to an optimized adsorption energy of EG and a decreased energy barrier of potential determining step. A techno-economic analysis demonstrates that, with the nearly same amount of resource investment, the electroreforming strategy towards glycolate production can raise revenue by up to 2.2 times relative to conventional chemical process. This work may thus serve as a framework for PET wastes valorization process with net-zero carbon footprint and high economic viability.
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- Mengmeng Du
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong, 523000, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 999077, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Pesticide Sciences, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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Ali T, Wang H, Iqbal W, Bashir T, Shah R, Hu Y. Electro-Synthesis of Organic Compounds with Heterogeneous Catalysis. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2022; 10:e2205077. [PMID: 36398622 PMCID: PMC9811472 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Electro-organic synthesis has attracted a lot of attention in pharmaceutical science, medicinal chemistry, and future industrial applications in energy storage and conversion. To date, there has not been a detailed review on electro-organic synthesis with the strategy of heterogeneous catalysis. In this review, the most recent advances in synthesizing value-added chemicals by heterogeneous catalysis are summarized. An overview of electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction processes as well as paired electrocatalysis is provided, and the anodic oxidation of alcohols (monohydric and polyhydric), aldehydes, and amines are discussed. This review also provides in-depth insight into the cathodic reduction of carboxylates, carbon dioxide, CC, C≡C, and reductive coupling reactions. Moreover, the electrocatalytic paired electro-synthesis methods, including parallel paired, sequential divergent paired, and convergent paired electrolysis, are summarized. Additionally, the strategies developed to achieve high electrosynthesis efficiency and the associated challenges are also addressed. It is believed that electro-organic synthesis is a promising direction of organic electrochemistry, offering numerous opportunities to develop new organic reaction methods.
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- Tariq Ali
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie ChimicheUniversità della CalabriaRendeCS87036Italy
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Advanced Carbon Materials and Wearable Energy TechnologiesSoochow UniversitySuzhou215006China
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- Institute of Chemical SciencesUniversity of SwatSwatKhyber Pakhtunkhwa19130Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis MaterialsDepartment of ChemistryZhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua321004China
- Hangzhou Institute of Advanced StudiesZhejiang Normal UniversityHangzhou311231China
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Huang X, He ZL, Chen Y, Xu Q, Zhu M, Zhai C. Self-standing three-dimensional PdAu nanoflowers for plasma-enhanced photo-electrocatalytic methanol oxidation with a CO-free dominant mechanism. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 625:850-858. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.06.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Synthesis of rGO–Nps hybrids with electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen evolution reaction. J Solid State Electrochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-022-05304-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2022]
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Vertically aligned 1T-WS2 nanosheets supported on carbon cloth as a high-performance flexible photocatalyst. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Liu H, Chen M, Duan Y, Jiang X, Liao J, Tian M. Few-layered black phosphorus/cucurbit[6]uril as a Pd catalyst support for photo-assisted electrocatalytic ethanol oxidation reaction. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Pt nanoclusters embedded Fe-based metal-organic framework as a dual-functional electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and alcohols oxidation. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 616:279-286. [PMID: 35219193 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Design and construction of high-efficiency and durable dual-functional electrocatalyst for clean energy electrocatalytic reaction is urgently desirable for mitigating the energy shortage and environmental deterioration issues. Herein, we prepared Pt nanoclusters with exposed (111) face plane embedded Fe-based metal-organic frameworks (Fe-MOF, MIL-100(Fe)) catalyst for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and ethylene glycol oxidation reaction (EGOR). It is noted that the available oxygen sites on the surface of MIL-100(Fe) would form Pt-O interaction with Pt nanoclusters to acquire strong interfacial interaction, which endows Pt/MIL-100(Fe) electrocatalyst effective electron transfer, increasing catalytic active sites, accelerating proton-electron coupling, and improving conductivity. Benefitting from the desirable metal-supports interaction and derive merits for catalysis, the high electrocatalytic activity and durability for HER and EGOR were achieved as expected. Impressively, superior HER performance with higher current density, lower overpotential (46/29 mV in acidic/alkaline electrolyte) and smaller Tafel slope (19.7/37.8 mV dec-1 in acidic/alkaline electrolyte) were acquired compared to commercial Pt/C. Moreover, Pt/MIL-100(Fe) electrode exhibits a rather high mass activity of 11826 mA mg-1Pt and long-term stability for EGOR. The present investigation demonstrates the promise of active metal/MOF combination for the interfacial strategy and rational design of dual-functional electrocatalyst, which has potential applications for future electrocatalysis field.
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Xu H, Huang B, Zhao Y, He G, Chen H. Engineering Heterostructured Pd-Bi 2Te 3 Doughnut/Pd Hollow Nanospheres for Ethylene Glycol Electrooxidation. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:4533-4540. [PMID: 35236071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The electrooxidation of ethylene glycol (EG) is of vital significance for the conversion from biomass energy into electrical energy via direct fuel cells. However, the EG oxidation reaction (EGOR) suffers from poor efficiency due to the limitation of high-performance electrocatalysts for cleaving the C-C bonds. Herein, this limitation is successfully addressed by fabricating the doughnut-shaped Pd-Bi2Te3 heterostructured catalyst. Notably, the heterojunction Pd-Bi2Te3 nanocatalyst has been demonstrated to be highly active toward the EGOR with superb activity and durability, in which a mass activity as high as 2420.8 mA mg-1 is achieved in alkaline media, being 1.7 times higher than that of the commercial Pd/C catalyst. Upon combination of experimental results with mechanism studies, it is indicated that the remarkable EGOR performance is attributed to the enlarged active areas that stemmed from the doughnut-like structure, as well as the strong synergistic effect from Pd-Bi2Te3 and Pd. More importantly, the highly electroactive Pd-Bi2Te3 can accelerate charge transfer and boost the oxidation of CO-like intermediates, which are conducive to the enhancement in electrochemical stability.
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- Hui Xu
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, Advanced Catalysis and Green Manufacturing Collaborative Innovation Center, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, Jiangsu Province, China
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Ren F, Zhang Z, Liang Z, Shen Q, Luan Y, Xing R, Fei Z, Du Y. Synthesis of PtRu alloy nanofireworks as effective catalysts toward glycerol electro-oxidation in alkaline media. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 608:800-808. [PMID: 34785457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Electro-oxidation of glycerol is a key anodic reaction in direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFCs). Exploring the cost-effective nanocatalysts for glycerol oxidation reaction (GOR) is very important for the development of DAFC, but it is still challenging. In this paper, nanofirework-like PtRu alloy catalyst was successfully synthesized and used for GOR in alkaline medium. Thanks to the unique nanofirework-like structure and synergetic effects, the activity and stability of the as-prepared PtRu alloy nanofireworks (NFs) toward GOR were significantly improved relative to Pt NFs. In particular, the peak current density of GOR catalyzed by the optimized Pt1Ru3 NFs catalyst reached 2412.0 mA mg-1, surpassing that of commercial Pt/C catalyst. This work has important guidance for the design of advanced anode electrocatalysts for fuel cells.
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- Fangfang Ren
- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China.
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- College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224007, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China.
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Prediction of stable BC3N2 monolayer from first-principles calculations: Stoichiometry, crystal structure, electronic and adsorption properties. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.02.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Su J, Zhuang L, Zhang S, Liu Q, Zhang L, Hu G. Single atom catalyst for electrocatalysis. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.03.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kanti Bera K, Chakraborty M, Kanti Bera S, Mandal M, Chatterjee S, Kumar Bhattacharya S. Synthesis of Different Pt‐ZnO Binary Composites for Synergistic Photo‐Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Methanol in Alkali. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kamal Kanti Bera
- Physical Chemistry Section Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India
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- Physical Chemistry Section Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Chemical Science National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar 752050 India
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- Physical Chemistry Section Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India
- Department of Chemistry Sree Chaitanya College, Habra, North 24 Parganas West Bengal 743268 India
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- Physical Chemistry Section Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University Kolkata 700032 India
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Al Najjar T, Ahmed N, El Sawy EN. Mechanistic effects of blending formic acid with ethanol on Pd activity towards formic acid oxidation in acidic media. RSC Adv 2021; 11:22842-22848. [PMID: 35480453 PMCID: PMC9034384 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01209f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) is one of the most promising direct liquid fuel cells. Pd is the most active catalyst towards formic oxidation, however, it suffers from CO-like poisoning and instability in acidic media. Blending formic acid with ethanol is known to synergistically enhance the Pt catalytic activity of Pt. However, it has not been studied in the case of Pd. In this study, ethanol/formic acid blends were tested, aiming at understanding the effect of ethanol on the formic acid oxidation mechanism at Pd and how the direct and indirect pathways could be affected. The blends consisted of different formic acid (up to 4 M) and ethanol (up to 0.5 M) concentrations. The catalytic activity of a 40% Pd/C catalyst was tested in 0.1 M H2SO4 + XFA + YEtOH using cyclic voltammetry, while the catalyst resistance to poisoning in the presence and absence of ethanol was tested using chronopotentiometry. The use of these blends is found to not only eliminate the indirect pathway but also slowly decrease the direct pathway activity too. That is believed to be due to the different ethanol adsorption orientations at different potentials. This study should open the door for further studying the oxidation of FA/ethanol blends using different pHs and different Pd-based catalysts. Ethanol changes the Pd selectivity towards the different pathways of formic acid oxidation by eliminating the indirect pathway and slowly decreasing the direct pathway activity, owing to ethanol potential depdant adsorption orientations.![]()
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- Taher Al Najjar
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo Cairo Egypt 11835
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo Cairo Egypt 11835
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo Cairo Egypt 11835
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Luo Y, Zhong W, Huang P, Ou H, Fu H, Liu C, Xiao Z, Xu S. Improved electrocatalytic activity of Pt catalyst supported on core–shell CMs@NiO for methanol oxidation. NEW J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj01934a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The as-prepared Pt catalyst supported on core–shell CMs@NiO for the methanol oxidation with the extraordinary electrocatalytic performance and durability.
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- Yongping Luo
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Applications for Solar Cells
- Xinyu University
- Xinyu
- China
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