Suoyuan Lian
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Suoyuan Lian has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Carlota Domínguez
School of Chemistry, CRANN and AMBER Research Centres Trinity College Dublin College Green Dublin 2 Ireland
1 shared publication Corbin K. Livingston
Department of Chemistry Albion College 611 E. Porter Street Albion, Michigan 49224 United States
1 shared publication- Kevin M. Metz
Department of Chemistry Albion College 611 E. Porter Street Albion, Michigan 49224 United States
1 shared publication - Khairul Hoque
School of Chemistry, CRANN and AMBER Research Centres, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
1 shared publication - Leticia Esteban‐Tejeda
School of Chemistry, CRANN and AMBER Research Centres Trinity College Dublin College Green Dublin 2 Ireland
1 shared publication - Michelle Phillippa Browne
Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Electrocatalysis: Synthesis to Devices, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 3 November 2017
- Published by Wiley in ChemElectroChem
- Vol. 5 (1) , 62-70
Continuous Flow Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles in Porous Carbon as Durable and Methanol‐Tolerant Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
The development and commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) as energy conversion devices remains a challenge despite their advantages in terms of energy density and energy‐conversion efficiency. The bottleneck for the development of DMFCs is mainly caused by the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode of fuel cells, and the effect of the so‐called methanol crossover in state‐of‐the‐art Pt/C electrocatalysts. Herein, we report for the first time an easily scalable continuous flow method based on ultraspray pyrolysis (USP) for the preparation of Pt nanoparticles directly embedded on highly porous carbon spheres. A study on the effect that post‐synthesis treatment procedures have on the level of graphitization and catalytic properties is described. Use of USP results in a substantial reduction of the final Pt content with respect to typical Pt/C electrocatalysts, while yielding also excellent durability and tolerance to methanol crossover under acidic conditions. These results demonstrate that the USP method reported herein is a good candidate for its use in the preparation of ORR catalysts in commercial applications.
- 3 November 2017
- Published by Wiley in ChemElectroChem
- Vol. 5 (1) , 62-70
Open AccessContinuous Flow Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles in Porous Carbon as Durable and Methanol‐Tolerant Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
The development and commercialization of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) as energy conversion devices remains a challenge despite their advantages in terms of energy density and energy‐conversion efficiency. The bottleneck for the development of DMFCs is mainly caused by the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at the cathode of fuel cells, and the effect of the so‐called methanol crossover in state‐of‐the‐art Pt/C electrocatalysts. Herein, we report for the first time an easily scalable continuous flow method based on ultraspray pyrolysis (USP) for the preparation of Pt nanoparticles directly embedded on highly porous carbon spheres. A study on the effect that post‐synthesis treatment procedures have on the level of graphitization and catalytic properties is described. Use of USP results in a substantial reduction of the final Pt content with respect to typical Pt/C electrocatalysts, while yielding also excellent durability and tolerance to methanol crossover under acidic conditions. These results demonstrate that the USP method reported herein is a good candidate for its use in the preparation of ORR catalysts in commercial applications.