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High electrocatalytic activity of carbon-supported nickel hydroxide-doped platinum nanocatalysts for BH4− electrooxidation

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In this paper, carbon-supported nickel hydroxide-doped platinum (Pt/Ni(OH)2/C) nanocatalysts are synthesized by a two-step method, and the morphology and structure of Pt/Ni(OH)2/C are studied by transmission electron microscope and X-ray diffraction analysis. The electrocatalytic performance of the Pt/Ni(OH)2/C for borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR) is studied by using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, chronopotentiometry, and rotating disc electrode voltammetry. The Pt/Ni(OH)2/C catalysts show much better catalytic performance than Pt/C, and Pt(50)/Ni(OH)2(50)/C exhibits the best catalytic performance among all as-prepared Pt/Ni(OH)2/C catalysts. Moreover, the electron transfer number (n) related to BOR is evaluated, and n of 3.5 is achieved on Pt(50)/Ni(OH)2(50)/C electrode.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21875203, 21874114), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (2020JJ4574) and Collaborative Innovation Center of New Chemical Technologies for Environmental Benignity and Efficient Resource Utilization.

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    Lanhua Yi, Rui Wang, Junjie Fei, Yonglan Ding & Xianyou Wang

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Yi, L., Wang, R., Fei, J. et al. High electrocatalytic activity of carbon-supported nickel hydroxide-doped platinum nanocatalysts for BH4− electrooxidation. Ionics 26, 5133–5141 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03640-3

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