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Atomic tailoring of platinum catalysts

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Tailoring platinum-based catalysts is of great research interest in the fields of electrochemical energy conversion and storage, as well as other applications. Now, an approach has been developed to boost the activity of platinum catalysts at the atomic scale.

Catalysts, especially platinum-based catalysts, play a crucial role in electrochemical energy conversion systems, such as water electrolysers or fuel cells, which involve water splitting or the hydrogen oxidation and the oxygen reduction reactions1. When pursuing efficient and stable platinum-based catalysts for diverse electrocatalytic reactions, one of the main challenges is achieving high activity with a minimum amount of the expensive and scarce platinum — that is, achieving high platinum mass activity2.

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Fig. 1: Schematic illustration and structural characterization of the SANi-PtNWs.

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  1. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Center for Dimension-Controllable Organic Frameworks, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea

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Li, F., Baek, JB. Atomic tailoring of platinum catalysts. Nat Catal 2, 477–478 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0302-y

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