An alternating-reduction approach is developed to fabricate PtPd hollow nanocubes with highly catalytically-favoured {100} facets and enhanced alloy effect for efficient methanol oxidation reaction.
We report an alternating-reduction approach by galvanic replacement and co-reduction to enable incorporation of Pd into Pt shell, and the obtained PtPd hollow nanocubes with an enhanced alloy effect and highly active {100} facets show high catalytic activity and superior durability in the methanol oxidation reaction.