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ArticleSmall science2025

Liquid Metal Electrocatalyst with Ultralow Pt Loading for Ethanol Oxidation.

Muhammad Hamza Nazir, Tu C Le, Imtisal Zahid, Karma Zuraiqi, Mew P Aukarasereenont, Caiden J Parker, Pierre H A Vaillant, Fahad Jabbar, Chung Kim Nguyen, Mehmood Irfan and 8 more

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Article in Small science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. A Facile Route to Large-Area 2D Pt.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Muhammad Hamza NazirDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Tu C LeDepartment of Manufacturing Materials and Mechatronics School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Imtisal ZahidDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Karma ZuraiqiDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Mew P AukarasereenontDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Caiden J ParkerDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Pierre H A VaillantSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Fahad JabbarDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Chung Kim NguyenDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Mehmood IrfanDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Mariam AmeenDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Michelle J S SpencerSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Andrew J ChristoffersonSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Salvy P RussoSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.
Ken ChiangDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-0543
Nastaran MeftahiSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2664-4368
Torben DaenekeDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1142-8646
Dan YangDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-472X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Developing efficient and durable electrocatalysts for ethanol electro-oxidation is crucial for enabling the application of direct ethanol fuel cell technology. Herein, it is demonstrated that Pt-Ga liquid metal-based nanodroplets can serve as an efficient electrocatalyst to drive ethanol oxidation. The mass activity of Pt is significantly improved by alloying with liquid gallium. Guided by machine learning neural networks, a low-concentration alkaline electrolyte is specifically formulated to allow electrodes with ultralow Pt loading to demonstrate remarkable activity toward ethanol oxidation with a mass activity as high as 13.47 A mg

Indexed as

direct ethanol fuel cellselectrolyte optimizationsethanol oxidationsliquid metal catalystsmachine learning

Identifiers

PMID40212660
PMCPMC11935015

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