P-Tu-62 PdFe Nanoleaves as Highly Active Electrocalyts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in High pH Media

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Zhiyong Zhang1, Karren More2, Kai Sun3, Zili Wu2 and Wenzhen Li1, (1)Chemical Engineering Department, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, (3)Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
We prepared PdFe nanoleaves through a solution-phase reduction method and they have demonstrated a high oxygen reduction reaction activity in 0.1 M NaOH electrolyte: 2.9 times of specific activity and 2.7 times of mass activity higher than a commercial Pt/C catalyst.

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