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Liu Q, Ranocchiari M, van Bokhoven JA. Catalyst overcoating engineering towards high-performance electrocatalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 51:188-236. [PMID: 34870651 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00270h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Clean and sustainable energy needs the development of advanced heterogeneous catalysts as they are of vital importance for electrochemical transformation reactions in renewable energy conversion and storage devices. Advances in nanoscience and material chemistry have afforded great opportunities for the design and optimization of nanostructured electrocatalysts with high efficiency and practical durability. In this review article, we specifically emphasize the synthetic methodologies for the versatile surface overcoating engineering reported to date for optimal electrocatalysts. We discuss the recent progress in the development of surface overcoating-derived electrocatalysts potentially applied in polymer electrolyte fuel cells and water electrolyzers by correlating catalyst intrinsic structures with electrocatalytic properties. Finally, we present the opportunities and perspectives of surface overcoating engineering for the design of advanced (electro)catalysts and their deep exploitation in a broad scope of applications.
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- Qiang Liu
- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. .,Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir Prelog Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. .,Laboratory for Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Bapat S, Kilian SO, Wiggers H, Segets D. Towards a framework for evaluating and reporting Hansen solubility parameters: applications to particle dispersions. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:4400-4410. [PMID: 36133478 PMCID: PMC9418134 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00405k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A thorough understanding of complex interactions within particulate systems is a key for knowledge-based formulations. Hansen solubility parameters (HSP) are widely used to assess the compatibility of the dispersed phase with the continuous phase. At present, the determination of HSP is often based on a liquid ranking list obtained by evaluating a pertinent dispersion parameter using only one pre-selected characterization method. Furthermore, one cannot rule out the possibility of subjective judgment especially for liquids for which it is difficult to decipher the compatibility or underlying interactions. As a result, the end value of HSP might be of little or no information. To overcome these issues, we introduce a generalized and technology-agnostic combinatorics-based procedure. We discuss the principles of the procedure and the implications of evaluating and reporting particle HSP values. We demonstrate the procedure by using SiN x particles synthesized in the gas phase. We leverage the analytical centrifugation data to evaluate stability trajectories of SiN x dispersions in various liquids to deduce particle-liquid compatibility.
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- Shalmali Bapat
- Process Technology for Electrochemical Functional Materials, Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics-Reactive Fluids (IVG-RF), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Duisburg Germany
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- Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics-Reactive Fluids (IVG-RF), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Duisburg Germany
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- Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics-Reactive Fluids (IVG-RF), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Duisburg Germany
- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg - Essen (CENIDE) Duisburg Germany
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- Process Technology for Electrochemical Functional Materials, Institute for Combustion and Gas Dynamics-Reactive Fluids (IVG-RF), University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) Duisburg Germany
- Center for Nanointegration Duisburg - Essen (CENIDE) Duisburg Germany
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Kodama K, Nagai T, Kuwaki A, Jinnouchi R, Morimoto Y. Challenges in applying highly active Pt-based nanostructured catalysts for oxygen reduction reactions to fuel cell vehicles. NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 16:140-147. [PMID: 33479539 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-020-00824-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 62.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The past 30 years have seen progress in the development of Pt-based nanocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, and some are now in production on a commercial basis and used for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) for automotives and other applications. Further improvements in catalytic activity are required for wider uptake of PEFCs, however. In laboratories, researchers have developed various catalysts that have much higher activities than commercial ones, and these state-of-the-art catalysts have potential to improve energy conversion efficiencies and reduce the usage of platinum in PEFCs. There are several technical issues that must be solved before they can be applied in fuel cell vehicles, which require a high power density and practical durability, as well as high efficiency. In this Review, the development history of Pt-based nanocatalysts and recent analytical studies are summarized to identify the origin of these technical issues. Promising strategies for overcoming those issues are also discussed.
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Lenne Q, Leroux YR, Lagrost C. Surface Modification for Promoting Durable, Efficient, and Selective Electrocatalysts. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202000132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Quentin Lenne
- ISCR-UMR 6226CNRS and Univ Rennes Campus de Beaulieu F-35042 Rennes France
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- ISCR-UMR 6226CNRS and Univ Rennes Campus de Beaulieu F-35042 Rennes France
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- ISCR-UMR 6226CNRS and Univ Rennes Campus de Beaulieu F-35042 Rennes France
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Ameri M, Al-Mudhaffer MF, Almyahi F, Fardell GC, Marks M, Al-Ahmad A, Fahy A, Andersen T, Elkington DC, Feron K, Dickinson M, Samavat F, Dastoor PC, Griffith MJ. Role of Stabilizing Surfactants on Capacitance, Charge, and Ion Transport in Organic Nanoparticle-Based Electronic Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:10074-10088. [PMID: 30777424 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b19820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Deposition of functionalized nanoparticles onto solid surfaces has created a new revolution in electronic devices. Surface adsorbates such as ionic surfactants or additives are often used to stabilize such nanoparticle suspensions; however, little is presently known about the influence of such surfactants and additives on specific electronic and chemical functionality of nanoparticulate electronic devices. This work combines experimental measurements and theoretical models to probe the role of an ionic surfactant in the fundamental physical chemistry and electronic charge carrier behavior of photodiode devices prepared using multicomponent organic electronic nanoparticles. A large capacitance was detected, which could be subsequently manipulated using the external stimuli of light, temperature, and electric fields. It was demonstrated that analyzing this capacitance through the framework of classical semiconductor analysis produced substantially misleading information on the electronic trap density of the nanoparticles. Electrochemical impedance measurements demonstrated that it is actually the stabilizing surfactant that creates capacitance through two distinct mechanisms, each of which influenced charge carrier behavior differently. The first mechanism involved a dipole layer created at the contact interfaces by mobile ions, a mechanism that could be replicated by addition of ions to solution-cast devices and was shown to be the major origin of restricted electronic performance. The second mechanism consisted of immobile ionic shells around individual nanoparticles and was shown to have a minor impact on device performance as it could be removed upon addition of electronic charge in the photodiodes through either illumination or external bias. The results confirmed that the surfactant ions do not create a significantly increased level of charge carrier traps as has been previously suspected, but rather, preventing the diffusion of mobile ions through the nanoparticulate film and their accumulation at contacts is critical to optimize the performance.
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- Mohsen Ameri
- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
- Department of Physics , Bu-Ali Sina University , Hamedan 6516738695 , Iran
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
- Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences , University of Basrah , Basrah 61002 , Iraq
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
- Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences , University of Basrah , Basrah 61002 , Iraq
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
- Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences , University of Basrah , Basrah 61002 , Iraq
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
- CSIRO Energy , Newcastle , New South Wales 2300 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Department of Physics , Bu-Ali Sina University , Hamedan 6516738695 , Iran
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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- Centre for Organic Electronics , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales 2308 , Australia
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Westsson E, Picken S, Koper G. The effect of lattice strain on catalytic activity. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:1338-1341. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc09063g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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We report on the effect of lattice strain in three different types of core–shell electrocatalyst particles on their catalytic activity towards the oxygen reduction reaction.
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- Technical University of Delft
- Delft
- The Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Zhang M, Yang H. Tuning Biphasic Catalysis Reaction with a Pickering Emulsion Strategy Exemplified by Selective Hydrogenation of Benzene. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201801155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yabin Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanxi University Wucheng Road 92 Taiyuan PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanxi University Wucheng Road 92 Taiyuan PR China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanxi University Wucheng Road 92 Taiyuan PR China
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Pillai KC, Muthuraman G, Moon IS. Surfactant structural effects on mediated electrocatalytic dechlorination: Links between the micellar enhancement of dechlorination reactions and micellar properties. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 512:871-881. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.10.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Li L, Liu H, Wang L, Yue S, Tong X, Zaliznyak T, Taylor GT, Wong SS. Chemical Strategies for Enhancing Activity and Charge Transfer in Ultrathin Pt Nanowires Immobilized onto Nanotube Supports for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:34280-34294. [PMID: 27936537 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b07870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) represent a promising support medium for electrocatalysts, especially Pt nanoparticles (NPs). The advantages of using MWNTs include their large surface area, high conductivity, as well as long-term stability. Surface functionalization of MWNTs with various terminal groups, such as -COOH, -SH, and -NH2, allows for rational electronic tuning of catalyst-support interactions. However, several issues still need to be addressed for such systems. First, over the course of an electrochemical run, catalyst durability can decrease, due in part to metal NP dissolution, a process facilitated by the inherently high surface defect concentration within the support. Second, the covalent functionalization treatment of MWNTs adopted by most groups tends to lead to a loss of structural integrity of the nanotubes (NTs). To mitigate for all of these issues, we have utilized two different attachment approaches (i.e., covalent versus noncovalent) to functionalize the outer walls of pristine MWNTs and compared the catalytic performance of as-deposited ultrathin (<2 nm) 1D Pt nanowires with that of conventional Pt NPs toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Our results demonstrated that the electrochemical activity of Pt nanostructures immobilized onto functionalized carbon nanotube (CNT) supports could be dramatically improved by using ultrathin Pt nanowires (instead of NPs) with noncovalently (as opposed to covalently) functionalized CNT supports. Spectroscopic evidence corroborated the definitive presence of charge transfer between the metal catalysts and the underlying NT support, whose direction and magnitude are a direct function of (i) the terminal chemistry as well as (ii) the attachment methodology, both of which simultaneously impact upon the observed electrocatalytic performance. Specifically, the use of a noncovalent π-π stacking method coupled with a -COOH terminal moiety yielded the highest performance results, reported to date, for any similar system consisting of Pt (commercial NPs or otherwise) deposited onto carbon-based supports, a finding of broader interest toward the fabrication of high-performing electrocatalysts in general.
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- Luyao Li
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Building 735, Brookhaven National Laboratory , Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-5000, United States
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- School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-5000, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook , Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
- Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory , Building 480, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Gao MR, Yu SH, Yuan J, Zhang W, Antonietti M. Poly(ionic liquid)-Mediated Morphogenesis of Bismuth Sulfide with a Tunable Band Gap and Enhanced Electrocatalytic Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201607221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Min-Rui Gao
- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale; Department of Chemistry; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale; Department of Chemistry; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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Gao MR, Yu SH, Yuan J, Zhang W, Antonietti M. Poly(ionic liquid)-Mediated Morphogenesis of Bismuth Sulfide with a Tunable Band Gap and Enhanced Electrocatalytic Properties. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:12812-6. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Min-Rui Gao
- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale; Department of Chemistry; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry; Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale; Department of Chemistry; University of Science and Technology of China; Hefei 230026 China
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces; Potsdam-Golm Science Park; Am Mühlenberg 1 144776 Potsdam Germany
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Li Y, Jiang L, Wang S, Sun G. Influence of phosphoric anions on oxygen reduction reaction activity of platinum, and strategies to inhibit phosphoric anion adsorption. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(16)62472-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vidal-Iglesias FJ, Solla-Gullón J, Feliu JM. Recent Advances in the Use of Shape-Controlled Metal Nanoparticles in Electrocatalysis. NANOSTRUCTURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29930-3_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Molina-García MA, Rees NV. Effect of catalyst carbon supports on the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media: a comparative study. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra18894j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Four common catalyst carbon supports are quantitatively compared in an integrated study towards the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media.
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- Miguel A. Molina-García
- Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research
- School of Chemical Engineering
- University of Birmingham
- Birmingham
- UK
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- Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research
- School of Chemical Engineering
- University of Birmingham
- Birmingham
- UK
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Plowman BJ, Tschulik K, Young NP, Compton RG. Capping agent promoted oxidation of gold nanoparticles: cetyl trimethylammonium bromide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:26054-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05146k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electrochemical behaviour of citrate and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) capped gold nanoparticles is investigated in this work, highlighting the active role which capping agents can play in charge transfer reactions.
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