Browsing by Subject "Methanol oxidation reactions"

Cross-double dumbbell-like Pt–Ni nanostructures with enhanced catalytic performance toward the reactions of oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation

Gong W., Jiang Z., Wu R., Liu Y., Huang L., Hu N., Tsiakaras P., Shen P.K. (2019)

Investigating on well-defined structure-engineering and atomic arrangement of fuel cell catalysts with high activity has attracted considerable research interest the last decade. Specially, unique nanostructures, which ...

Enhanced oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reaction over self-assembled Pt-M (M = Co, Ni) nanoflowers

Li X., Liu Y., Zhu J., Tsiakaras P., Shen P.K. (2022)

Herein, we introduce a facile approach to synthesize a unique class of Pt-M (M = Ni, Co) catalysts with a nanoflower structure for boosting both oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). By ...

Hierarchically skeletal multi-layered Pt-Ni nanocrystals for highly efficient oxygen reduction and methanol oxidation reactions

Li S., Tian Z.Q., Liu Y., Jang Z., Hasan S.W., Chen X., Tsiakaras P., Shen P.K. (2021)

Pt based materials are the most efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in fuel cells. Maximizing the utilization of Pt based materials by modulating their ...

Highly stable cathodes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Novel carbon supported Au@PtNiAu concave octahedral core-shell nanocatalyst

Feng H., Luo Y., Yan B., Guo H., He L., Qun Tian Z., Tsiakaras P., Kang Shen P. (2022)

Despite the remarkable research efforts, the lack of ideal activity and state-of-the-art electrocatalysts remains a substantial challenge for the global application of fuel cell technology. Herein, is reported the synthesis ...

An investigation of WC stability during the preparation of Pt@WC/OMC via a pulse microwave assisted polyol method

Wang, K.; Pan, Z.; Tzorbatzoglou, F.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y.; Tsiakaras, P.; Song, S. (2015)

In the present work, the WC stability during the preparation of Pt@WC/OMC (Ordered Mesoporous Carbon) electrocatalysts, through a pulse microwave-assisted polyol method, is investigated by the aid of X-ray diffraction and ...

Molybdenum-modified and vertex-reinforced quaternary hexapod nano-skeletons as efficient electrocatalysts for methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction reaction

Huang L., Wei M., Hu N., Tsiakaras P., Kang Shen P. (2019)

Noble metal binary and ternary catalysts have become a new class of fuel cell electrocatalysts due to their high catalytic activity. However, improvement is still necessary to reduce the consumption of Pt and obtain the ...

Pt/CN-doped electrocatalysts: Superior electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation reaction and mechanistic insight into interfacial enhancement

Long G.-F., Li X.-H., Wan K., Liang Z.-X., Piao J.-H., Tsiakaras P. (2017)

Nitrogen-doped ordered mesoporous carbon (NOMC) is studied as the support to synthesize a Pt/CN-doped catalyst for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR). The effects of carbon dimension and metal loading are investigated by ...