Substitution of platinum by laser-generated nickel-alloy nanoparticles for heterogeneous catalysis
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Platinum is a scarce and expensive metal that is mostly used as a catalytic active material for energy converting devices like fuel cells. The more cost-effective metal nickel and its alloys are an interesting alternative to platinum. For this purpose, we fabricated ligand-free and purely electrostatically stabilized nickel-molybdenum nanoparticles by laser ablation in liquid and characterized their chemical properties using TEM-EDX, XRD, optical and electrochemical methods.
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