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Non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cells based on highly porous PtxNi1-x nanoalloys

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A non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cell (GBFCs) with high-power density and adequate open-circuit potential in physiological environment is based on the improved hydrogen template electrodeposition of the platinum-nickel (PtNi) nanoalloys (the third step adopted a potential-step electrochemical synthesis instead of the conventional method). The morphology tests demonstrate that the highly porous PtxNi1-x nanoalloys exhibit broader pore-size distribution and larger specific electrochemically active surface area than the Pt monometallic nanostructures. Combined with cyclic voltammograms, polarization parameters and cell tests, degradation behavior measurements prove that the nanoalloy products display the excellent long-term stability and high electrocatalytic activity. Controlling the preparation conditions of the highly porous PtxNi1-x nanoalloys could control the morphology and nanostructure of the as-synthesis nanoalloys in order to improve the catalytic performance of these nanoalloys, which grants it great potentialities for controllable synthesis of electrocatalysts in the application of GBFCs.

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Description The highly porous platinum nickel nanoalloys are applied as both anode and cathode in the non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cell with high-power density and adequate open-circuit potential in physiological environment.

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This work is financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (202051011), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877176) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21878280).

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    Yue Zhao, Lin Tian, Yuqing Fan, Minsheng Zhang & Xiuhai Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Qingdao, 266100, China

    Yue Zhao, Lin Tian, Yuqing Fan, Minsheng Zhang & Xiuhai Wang

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Zhao, Y., Tian, L., Fan, Y. et al. Non-enzymatic glucose biofuel cells based on highly porous PtxNi1-x nanoalloys. J Mater Sci 56, 13066–13082 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06157-w

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