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Synthesis and Electrochemical Property of PtPdCu Nanoparticles with Truncated-Octahedral Morphology

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In this study, a PtPdCu catalyst for formic acid oxidation was synthesized through a one-pot synthesis method. The PtPdCu nanoparticles with truncated-octahedral morphology were obtained by reducing Pt(acac)2, Pd(acac)2 and Cu(acac)2 in ethylene glycol solution under the effects of PVP and KBr. To determine the electrocatalytic performance of the PtPdCu nanoparticles with truncated-octahedral morphology, cyclic voltammetry was carried out in solutions of 0.5 M H2SO4 and 0.5 M H2SO4 containing 1 M HCOOH. According to the electrochemical results, the PtPdCu nanoparaticles possessed higher activity and stability toward the oxidation of formic acid than commercial Pt black due to the addition of Cu and Pd elements.

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This study was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2015202305), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51501054 and 21603052), and the Key Basic Research Program of Hebei Province of China (17964401D).

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    Penggong Lv, Lanlan Li, Xiaojing Yang, Yujie Zhang, Xiaofei Yu & Jianling Zhao

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Lv, P., Li, L., Yang, X. et al. Synthesis and Electrochemical Property of PtPdCu Nanoparticles with Truncated-Octahedral Morphology. Catal Lett 148, 3779–3786 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2568-0

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