A seed-mediated approach to the morphology-controlled synthesis of bimetallic copper–platinum alloy nanoparticles with enhanced electrocatalytic performance for the methanol oxidation reaction
The NiO/Ni–N/C nanocomposites were prepared through hydrothermal method and further carbonization. The NiO/Ni–N/C500 displays the highest MA (1043 mA mgNi−1) and SA (18.57 mA cm−2) for methanol oxidation reaction.
We present a seed-mediated approach to generate Au@PtCu nanostars with a five-fold twinned structure. The Au@PtCu nanostars exhibited better electrocatalytic properties in terms of activity and stability toward MOR relative to commercial Pt/C.
Polyhedral Cu–Ni alloy nanoparticles with a Ni-rich surface were synthesized, and they exhibit very high activity during the methanol oxidation reaction.