Precursor-mediated size tuning of monodisperse PtRh nanocubes as efficient electrocatalysts for ethylene glycol oxidation

• DOI: 10.1039/c9ta01071h
• Publication Date: 2019-02-27T00:04:50Z
• Authors: Fei Gao; Yangping Zhang; Pingping Song; Jin Wang; Tongxin Song; Cheng Wang; Li Song; Yukihide Shiraishi; Yukou Du
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

We firstly report a reliable method to synthesize PtRh-S and PtRh-L NCs with different size of 5.5 and 10.5 nm. PtRh-S NCs show much better electrochemical activity and stability than PtRh-L NCs and pure Pt NCs towards EGOR.