Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Pd–Ru Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Porous Carbon Nanosheets
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussions
2.1. Morphological Characterization
2.2. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and XPS Analysis
2.3. ORR Performance
2.4. HER Performance
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Chemicals
3.2. Preparation of Porous Carbon Nanosheets (CNs)
3.3. Preparation of PdxRu100−x/CNs
3.4. Morphological Characterizations
3.5. Electrochemical Measurements
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tian, J.; Wu, W.; Tang, Z.; Wu, Y.; Burns, R.; Tichnell, B.; Liu, Z.; Chen, S. Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Pd–Ru Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Porous Carbon Nanosheets. Catalysts 2018, 8, 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080329
Tian J, Wu W, Tang Z, Wu Y, Burns R, Tichnell B, Liu Z, Chen S. Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Pd–Ru Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Porous Carbon Nanosheets. Catalysts. 2018; 8(8):329. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080329
Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Juntai, Wen Wu, Zhenghua Tang, Yuan Wu, Robert Burns, Brandon Tichnell, Zhen Liu, and Shaowei Chen. 2018. "Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalyzed by Pd–Ru Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Porous Carbon Nanosheets" Catalysts 8, no. 8: 329. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal8080329