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PtRu Nanoparticle Catalytic Activity Enhanced by the Ligand Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Shuji Goto
Affiliation:
Environment & Energy Technology Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Yuli Li
Affiliation:
Environment & Energy Technology Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Naomi Nagasawa
Affiliation:
Environment & Energy Technology Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Tadashi Senoo
Affiliation:
Environment & Energy Technology Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Kazuhiro Noda
Affiliation:
Environment & Energy Technology Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Yoshihiro Kudo
Affiliation:
Materials Analysis Center, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Akihiro Maesaka
Affiliation:
Materials Analysis Center, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
Tsuyonobu Hatazawa
Affiliation:
Vanguard Material Research Lab, Advanced Materials Laboratories, Sony Corporation, 4&16&1 Okata, Atsigi&shi, 243&0021, Japan
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Abstract

We synthesized a methanol electrocatalyst with high activity and low noble metal content. The electrocatalyst consists of carbon&supported PtRu nanoparticles, which have 1-2 Pt monoatomic layers on Ru nanocores. In spite of the pure Pt surface, the catalyst showed high catalytic activity when used in the anode of a direct methanol fuel cell. Clearly the underlying Ru atoms modified the property of the surface Pt atoms, bringing about the high catalytic activity.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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