Epitaxial Growth of Au-Pt-Ni Nanorods for Direct High Selectivity H<sub>2</sub> O<sub>2</sub> Production.

Zheng, Zhaoke; Ng, Yun Hau; Wang, Da-Wei; Amal, Rose · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Au-Ni core-shell nanorods (NRs) and Au-Pt-Ni core-sandwich-shell NRs are synthesized and exhibit high activity for selective H<sub>2</sub> O<sub>2</sub> production via direct oxygen reduction. The epitaxial growth with coherent lattice fringes allow for the tuning of the oxygen reduction pathway. Moreover, a selectivity of 95% and mass activity of 192.9 A g<sup>-1</sup><sub>noble metal</sub> are achieved using Au-Pt-Ni NRs at 150 mV overpotential.