Carbon nitride simultaneously boosted a PtRu electrocatalyst's stability and electrocatalytic activity toward concentrated methanol.

Ruthenium dissolution is an inevitable issue for an anodic electrocatalyst in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). Carbon nitride (C3N4) decoration derived from the carbonization of melamine simultaneously promoted a PtRu electrocatalyst's stability and electrocatalytic activity toward concentrated methanol ascribed to the additional active sites from C3N4.