DNA-functionalized graphene to guide growth of highly active Pd nanocrystals as efficient electrocatalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells

• Main Authors: Guo, Chun Xian, Zhang, Lian Ying, Miao, Jianwei, Zhang, Jintao, Li, Chang Ming
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102245; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18945
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is used to functionalize graphene and to further guide the growth of ultrasmall palladium (Pd) nanocrystals with uniform distribution on graphene (Pd-DNA@Graphene), demonstrating greatly improved electrocatalytic performance towards formic acid oxidation for direct formic...