Faceted Branched Nickel Nanoparticles with Tunable Branch Length for High-Activity Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Biomass

Agus R. Poerwoprajitno, Lucy Gloag, John Watt, Steffen Cychy, Soshan Cheong, Priyank V. Kumar, Tania M. Benedetti, Chen Deng, Kuang-Hsu Wu, Christopher E. Marjo, Dale L. Huber, Martin Muhler, J. Justin Gooding, Wolfgang Schuhmann, Da-Wei Wang, Richard D. Tilley

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Abstract

Controlling the formation of nanosized branched nanoparticles with high uniformity is one of the major challenges in synthesizing nanocatalysts with improved activity and stability. Using a cubic-core hexagonal-branch mechanism to form highly monodisperse branched nanoparticles, we vary the length of the nickel branches. Lengthening the nickel branches, with their high coverage of active facets, is shown to improve activity for electrocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), as an example for biomass conversion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15487-15491
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume59
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2020
Externally publishedYes

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