PMID- 31782479 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20191213 LR - 20191217 IS - 2040-3372 (Electronic) IS - 2040-3364 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 48 DP - 2019 Dec 28 TI - Synthesis of octahedral Pt-Ni-Ir yolk-shell nanoparticles and their catalysis in oxygen reduction and methanol oxidization under both acidic and alkaline conditions. PG - 23206-23216 LID - 10.1039/c9nr07235g [doi] AB - Fuel cells are expected to be one of the most promising alternatives to the increasingly scarce fossil fuels, and Pt is the most commonly used catalyst for anodic and cathodic electrochemical reactions. To realize large-scale commercialization, it is most urgent to improve the efficiency of Pt and reduce the cost. Here, we synthesized an octahedral Pt-Ni-Ir yolk-shell catalyst through stepwise co-deposition (SCD), surface-limited Pt deposition (SLPD) and Ni-coordinating etching (NCE) processes. Experimental studies showed that the catalytic activities of the as-prepared trimetal yolk-shell catalyst were several times higher than that of the commercial Pt/C towards oxygen reduction and methanol oxidization under both acidic and alkaline conditions. This work may be extended to designing other multimetallic functional materials with complex hierarchical nanostructures, which is conducive to greatly enhancing the performance. FAU - Yang, Tao AU - Yang T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4211-0860 AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. FAU - Wang, Yihui AU - Wang Y AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. FAU - Wei, Wenxian AU - Wei W AD - Testing Center, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. FAU - Ding, Xinran AU - Ding X AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. FAU - He, Maoshuai AU - He M AD - State Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China. FAU - Yu, Tingting AU - Yu T AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. FAU - Zhao, Hong AU - Zhao H AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. FAU - Zhang, Dongen AU - Zhang D AD - School of Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang 222005, China. yangtao_hit@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191129 PL - England TA - Nanoscale JT - Nanoscale JID - 101525249 SB - IM EDAT- 2019/11/30 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/30 06:01 CRDT- 2019/11/30 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/30 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/c9nr07235g [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nanoscale. 2019 Dec 28;11(48):23206-23216. doi: 10.1039/c9nr07235g. Epub 2019 Nov 29.