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Platinum-Gold Nanoparticles: A Highly Active Bifunctional
Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Lithium-Air Batteries
Yi-Chun Lu, Zhichuan Xu, Hubert A. Gasteiger, Shuo Chen,
Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, and Yang Shao-Horn
J. AM. CHEM. SOC.
PtAu nanoparticles were used as catalyst for boosting the
2010, 132, 12170–
1. oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution
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reaction (OER). PtAu exhibited bifunctional catalytic activity.
The surface atoms are primarily responsible for the
enhancement of kinetics of ORR and OER. These
nanoparticles lowest charging voltage and highest reversible
efficiency.
2.