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Direct growth of novel alloyed PtAu nanodendrites
Jingpeng Wang1, Dan F Thomas, Aicheng Chen
1Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1.
Abstract:
A novel nanostructure of a PtAu catalyst, alloyed PtAu nanodendrites, has been synthesized via a reproducible single-step hydrothermal co-reduction of Pt and Au inorganic precursors and shows exceptionally high catalytic activity towards the electrooxidation of formic acid.

