Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Well-Defined Polyhedral Pd-Pt Nanocrystals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxides Anchored Pd-Pt Nanocrystals
2.2. Physicochemical Characterizations of the Pd-Pt/rGO Samples
2.3. Fabrication of Working Electrode and Electrochemical Measurement
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Tang, Y.; Chen, T.; Guo, W. Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Well-Defined Polyhedral Pd-Pt Nanocrystals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Catalysts 2019, 9, 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9090756
Tang Y, Chen T, Guo W. Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Well-Defined Polyhedral Pd-Pt Nanocrystals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Catalysts. 2019; 9(9):756. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9090756
Chicago/Turabian StyleTang, Yongfu, Teng Chen, and Wenfeng Guo. 2019. "Surfactant-Free Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide Supported Well-Defined Polyhedral Pd-Pt Nanocrystals for Oxygen Reduction Reaction" Catalysts 9, no. 9: 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9090756