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Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of Pt/graphene nanosheet composites and their application for methanol oxidation

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Polymer-free Pt/graphene nanosheet (GN) composites have been rapidly prepared by a one-step microwave-assisted reduction method, carried out by ethylene glycol reduction of H2PtCl6 in a graphene oxide suspension. Several analytic techniques including UV–vis spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy have been used to characterize the resulting Pt/GN composites. It suggests that such composites exhibit good catalytic activity toward methanol oxidation.

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    Sen Liu, Lei Wang, Jingqi Tian, Wenbo Lu, Yingwei Zhang, Xiaodan Wang & Xuping Sun

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    Jingqi Tian

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Liu, S., Wang, L., Tian, J. et al. Microwave-assisted rapid synthesis of Pt/graphene nanosheet composites and their application for methanol oxidation. J Nanopart Res 13, 4731–4737 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-011-0440-x

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