@article{Jiang2019, 
author = {Xian Jiang and Yang Liu and Jiaxin Wang and Yufei Wang and Yuexin Xiong and Qun Liu and Naixu Li and Jiancheng Zhou and Gengtao Fu and Dongmei Sun and Yawen Tang},
title = {1-Naphthol induced Pt3Ag nanocorals as bifunctional cathode and anode catalysts of direct formic acid fuel cells},
year = {2019},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {12},
number = {2},
pages = {323-329},
keywords = {oxygen reduction reaction, formic acid oxidation, bifunctional electrocatalyst, Pt3Ag alloy, nanocorals},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-018-2218-2},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-018-2218-2},
abstract = {Developing highly efficient bifunctional cathode and anode electrocatalysts is very important for the large-scale application of direct formic acid fuel cells. However, the high-cost and poor CO-tolerance ability of the most commonly used Pt greatly block this process. To increase the utilization efficiency and extend bifunctional properties of precious Pt, herein, coral-like Pt3Ag nanocrystals are developed as an excellent bifunctional electrocatalyst through a facile one-pot solvothermal method. The formation mechanism of Pt3Ag nanocorals has been elaborated well via a series of control experiments. It is proved that 1-naphthol serving as a guiding surfactant plays a key role in the formation of high-quality nanocorals. Thanks to the unique coral-like structure and alloy effects, the developed Pt3Ag nanocorals present significantly enhanced electrocatalytic properties (including activity, stability and CO-tolerance ability) towards both the cathodic oxygen reduction and anodic formic acid oxidation, as compared with those of commercial Pt black and Pt-based nanoparticles. The present synthetic method can also be extended to fabricate other bimetallic electrocatalysts with unique morphology and structure.}
}