P-Tu-80 Shape-Controlled Platinum-Based Metallic Nanoparticles for Electrocatalytic Reactions

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ontario Exhibit Hall (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Cheonghee Kim, Sungeun Yang and Hyunjoo Lee, Dept of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Platinum dendrites and various shapes of Au@Pt nanoparticles were synthesized, and their electrocatalytic properties were evaluated for oxygen reduction reaction, formic acid oxidation, CO stripping, etc. The activity, selectivity, and long-term stability could be modulated by cotrolling the shape and composition of nanoparticles.

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