Noble metal-free catalyst system as active as platinum

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 - 12:20 in Physics & Chemistry

The industry has been traditionally deploying platinum alloys as catalysts for oxygen reduction, which is for example essential in fuel cells or metal-air batteries. Expensive and rare, that metal imposes strict restrictions on manufacture. Researchers have discovered an alloy made up of five elements that is noble metal-free and as active as platinum.

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