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Controllable Synthesis and Characterization of AuPd Nanowire Networks with High Electrocatalytic Performance
Qiugu He1, Zhenhua Jin1, Xue Li1
1National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Kunming, 650093, China.
Abstract:
A simple and efficient method is proposed for the synthesis of bimetallic AuPd nanowire networks (NWs) with tunable compositions by using KBr as a structure-directing agent and NaBH₄ as a reducing agent. TEM, XRD and XPS results show that the AuPd NWs have a unique one-dimensional network structure. Electrochemical tests indicate that the AuPd NWs catalysts have excellent electrocatalytic activity and durability for methanol oxidation due to the special one-dimensional nanostructure and many structural defects at the junction. The Au1Pd1 NWs show better catalytic activity, which is 2.03 times higher than that of the commercial Pd/C catalyst.
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