Issue 16, 2011
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Capping polymer-enhanced electrocatalytic activity on Pt nanoparticles: a combined electrochemical and in situIR spectroelectrochemical study†

Ceren Susut,a   De-Jun Chen,ab   Shi-Gang Sun*b  and  YuYe J. Tong*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, 37th & O Streets, NW, Washington DC, USA
E-mail: yyt@georgetown.edu

b State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
E-mail: sgsun@xmu.edu.cn

Abstract

Unexpected yet highly remarkable and intriguing observations of the polymer-enhanced electro-catalytic activity of the Pt nanoparticles for electro-oxidations of both methanol and formic acid were reported. In situFTIR investigation suggests strongly that the observed activity enhancements are highly likely due to the PVP-induced additional reaction pathways. These observations may open up a new paradigm of research in which the protecting/stabilizing organic ligands can now be incorporated as an advantageous part and/or a finer catalytic activity tuner of a nanocatalytic system.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CP20164F
Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 Jan 2011
Accepted
01 Mar 2011
First published
22 Mar 2011

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 7467-7474

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Capping polymer-enhanced electrocatalytic activity on Pt nanoparticles: a combined electrochemical and in situIR spectroelectrochemical study

C. Susut, D. Chen, S. Sun and Y. J. Tong, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 7467 DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20164F

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