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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2013
Brookhaven Science Associates, Llc, Upton, NY (US);
Radoslav R. Adzic, East Setauket, NY (US);
Kuanping Gong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yun Cai, Berkeley, CA (US);
Stanislaus Wong, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Christopher Koenigsmann, Mahopac, NY (US);
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Upton, NY (US);
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of synthesizing activated electrocatalyst, preferably having a morphology of a nanostructure, is disclosed. The method includes safely and efficiently removing surfactants and capping agents from the surface of the metal structures. With regard to metal nanoparticles, the method includes synthesis of nanoparticle(s) in polar or non-polar solution with surfactants or capping agents and subsequent activation by CO-adsorption-induced surfactant/capping agent desorption and electrochemical oxidation. The method produces activated macroparticle or nanoparticle electrocatalysts without damaging the surface of the electrocatalyst that includes breaking, increasing particle thickness or increasing the number of low coordination sites.