Solution-Based Evolution of Monodisperse PtCu Nanocubes and Their Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Activity
作者：Dan Xu#, Zhaoping Liu#, Hongzhou Yang, Qingsheng Liu, Jun Zhang, Jiye Fang, Shouzhong Zou, Kai Sun
关键字：alloys, copper, methanol electrooxidation, nanostructures, platinum
论文来源：期刊
具体来源：Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48(23), 4217-4221. (#Co-first authors; 入选Very Important Paper, VIP)
发表时间：2009年
Shape-controlled catalysis: High-quality Pt–Cu nanocubes with an average size of about 8?nm (see picture, scale bar=20?nm) were synthesized from a high-temperature organic solution system in the presence of various capping ligands. These cubic Pt–Cu nanocrystals terminated with {100} facets demonstrated a superior catalytic activity towards methanol oxidation compared to similar sized Pt–Cu and Pt nanospheres.