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Halide ion-induced formation of single crystalline mesoporous PtPd bimetallic nanoparticles with hollow interiors for electrochemical methanol and ethanol oxidation reaction

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We demonstrate a facile hydrothermal one-pot synthesis method for producing single crystalline mesoporous PtPd bimetallic nanoparticles with a hollow interior and porous surface structure in the presence of Br– and I– ions. The formation process analysis indicated that the coexistence of Br– and I– ions is responsible for the formation of the novel bimetallic nanoparticles. The changes in the reduction potential of Pt and Pd metal ions achieved by the coordination with different halide ions resulted in the formation of hollow interiors as a galvanic reaction between Pd2+ and Pt4+ ions occurred. In addition, the size of the mesoporous PtPd nanoparticles can be well controlled by slightly changing the amount of I– ions used. The electrochemical tests indicated that the assynthesized single crystalline mesoporous PtPd hollow nanoparticles exhibited enhanced catalytic properties toward methanol and ethanol oxidation reactions as compared with the commercial Pt black and Pt/C materials.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Chuansheng Ma from the International Center for Dielectric Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, for their support with HRTEM, Xiaojing Zhang and Liqun Wang from the School of Science, Xi’an Jiaotong University, for their support of TEM and SEM characterizations. This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51271135), the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (No. 2015JM5166).

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    Pengtao Qiu, Shaomin Lian & Shengchun Yang

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  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Suzhou Academy of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Suzhou, 215000, China

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Qiu, P., Lian, S., Yang, G. et al. Halide ion-induced formation of single crystalline mesoporous PtPd bimetallic nanoparticles with hollow interiors for electrochemical methanol and ethanol oxidation reaction. Nano Res. 10, 1064–1077 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-016-1367-4

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