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PdMoSb trimetallene as high-performance alcohol oxidation electrocatalyst

Junfeng Liu1(), Qiuxia Wang1, Tong Li1, Yong Wang1, Huaming Li1, Andreu Cabot2,3 ()
Institute for Energy Research, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Catalonia Institute for Energy Research - IREC, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona 08930, Spain
ICREA, Pg. Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona 08010, Spain
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A new two-dimensional material in metallene family, PdMoSb trimetallene, is successfully produced and exhibits very high Pd utilization and superior performance toward electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols.

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Metallenes are an emerging class of two-dimensional (2D) material with outstanding potential in electrocatalysis. Herein, we present a new PdMoSb trimetallene produced by a facile wet-chemistry procedure and tested for the alcohol oxidation reaction. PdMoSb shows an extremely high Pd utilization and superior performance toward ethanol, methanol, and glycerol electro-oxidation compared with PdMo and commercial Pd/C catalysts. Experimental results and density functional theory calculations reveal that the enhanced activity relies not only on the high surface area that characterizes the ultrathin 2D metallene structure, but also on the particular electronic configuration of Sb. Sb facilitates OH− adsorption in the reactive-intermediate pathway and strongly enhances the CO tolerance in the poisoning-intermediate pathway for alcohol oxidation. The excellent alcohol oxidation performance of PdMoSb trimetallene demonstrates the high potential of multimetallenes in the field of electrocatalysis.

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metalleneternary alloy2D materialalcohol oxidation reactionelectrocatalysis

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 2,
February 2023
Pages 2041-2048
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4873-8
Cite this article:
Liu J, Wang Q, Li T, et al. PdMoSb trimetallene as high-performance alcohol oxidation electrocatalyst. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 2041-2048. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4873-8
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