Nanocrystalline intermetallics on mesoporous carbon for direct formic acid fuel cell anodes Nature Chemistry 2, 286 (2010). doi:10.1038/nchem.553 Authors: Xiulei Ji, Kyu Tae Lee, Reanne Holden, Lei Zhang, Jiujun Zhang, Gianluigi A. Botton, Martin Couillard & Linda F. Nazar Formic acid fuel cells require nanosized intermetallic nanoparticles as anode catalysts, but current techniques are poor at producing the small size required. Now, surface-modified ordered mesoporous carbons have been used to produce nanocrystallites as small as 1.5 nm that are extremely active catalysts. |