Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol
PtCu nanoparticles is a promising catalysis material for various electrochemical reactions. The uniformity of nanoparticles size and morphology are important factors that affect their catalytic performance. In this project, facile and cost effective method is used to get mono-shape and narrow size d...
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| author | Li, Yinan |
| author2 | School of Materials Science and Engineering |
| author_facet | School of Materials Science and Engineering Li, Yinan |
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| description | PtCu nanoparticles is a promising catalysis material for various electrochemical reactions. The uniformity of nanoparticles size and morphology are important factors that affect their catalytic performance. In this project, facile and cost effective method is used to get mono-shape and narrow size distribution PtCu nanoparticles. Apart from this, it is also discovered that the size is tunable by changing the amount of oleylaime.
Catalytic activity of size-controlled PtCu nanoparticles for methanol oxidation was evaluated. The result shows that long nanorods PtCu have higher methanol oxidation efficiency than shorter PtCu nanorods. Likely mechanism for methanol oxidation is discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/601722023-03-04T15:40:28Z Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol Li, Yinan School of Materials Science and Engineering Xu Zhichuan DRNTU::Engineering PtCu nanoparticles is a promising catalysis material for various electrochemical reactions. The uniformity of nanoparticles size and morphology are important factors that affect their catalytic performance. In this project, facile and cost effective method is used to get mono-shape and narrow size distribution PtCu nanoparticles. Apart from this, it is also discovered that the size is tunable by changing the amount of oleylaime. Catalytic activity of size-controlled PtCu nanoparticles for methanol oxidation was evaluated. The result shows that long nanorods PtCu have higher methanol oxidation efficiency than shorter PtCu nanorods. Likely mechanism for methanol oxidation is discussed. Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Engineering) 2014-05-23T01:33:53Z 2014-05-23T01:33:53Z 2014 2014 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60172 en Nanyang Technological University 36 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering Li, Yinan Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title | Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title_full | Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title_fullStr | Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title_short | Synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| title_sort | synthesis of metal nanoparticles for electrochemical oxidation of methanol |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60172 |
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