Catalytic Ru containing Pt3Mn nanocrystals enclosed with high-indexed facets: Surface alloyed Ru makes Pt more active than Ru particles for ethylene glycol oxidation

Tuning the surface property of Pt based nanocrystals at the atomic level is of vital significance to meet superior electrocatalytic performance criteria. In this work, a new strategy to advance fundamental surface study on Pt based nanocrystals is addressed by implanting foreign metals as “active auxiliaries” onto the surface of Pt based nanocrystals to engineer a stable structured catalyst. Under the guidance of this concept, the Ru component...