Materializing efficient methanol oxidation via electron delocalization in nickel hydroxide nanoribbon
oleh: Xiaopeng Wang, Shibo Xi, Wee Siang Vincent Lee, Pengru Huang, Peng Cui, Lei Zhao, Weichang Hao, Xinsheng Zhao, Zhenbo Wang, Haijun Wu, Hao Wang, Caozheng Diao, Armando Borgna, Yonghua Du, Zhi Gen Yu, Stephen Pennycook, Junmin Xue
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Development of suitable methanol oxidation reaction catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells is challenging due to sluggish kinetics. Herein, authors show that four-coordinate nickel atoms form charge-transfer orbitals near the Fermi energy level, leading to remarkable methanol oxidation activity.