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1Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials, College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , P. R. China.
Abstract:
Porous carbon materials have attracted considerable attention for their various applications such as catalyst supports for fuel cells. However, few studies focus on the effect of carbon pore structure on different alcohols electrooxidation. In this work, platinum@nitrogen-doped carbon nanospheres with tailored mesopores (Pt@NMCs) are fabricated and exhibit outstanding electrocatalytic activity and durability for alcohol oxidation because of the structural advantages such as adjustable mesopores, N-doped carbon, and embedded catalysts. More importantly, the pore size of NMCs (or called the size of the windows connecting the neighboring spherical cavities), which can be tuned simply by adjusting the diameter of colloidal silica nanospheres, has a great effect on the electrocatalytic activity and selectivity of Pt catalysts toward oxidation of alcohols (methanol, ethanol, and n-propanol). Accordingly, we can adopt optimal Pt@NMCs with appropriate pore size based on different requirements and applications.
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