金屬部分：由於 Pt 和 Pd 都是屬於售價昂貴且含量稀少的金屬，希望未來能夠朝向摻入便宜常 見的金屬，更甚者完全不用貴金屬也能夠有良好的催化活性，或者朝向三元合金[19]的方向出發。
載體部分：可以嘗試使用奈米碳管(carbon nanotube)或者是石墨烯(graphene)來取代本實驗的碳 黑(carbon XC-72)來當作載體，或許會有截然不同的效益。
構型部分：由於本實驗在合成過成中並沒有特別控制金屬的構型以及晶面，在未來希望能夠發 展出精確控制合成觸媒的金屬構型或者是晶面，而構型部分還能夠與合金搭配，把反應性佳的金屬 控制在外層，而氧化或毒化的部分由內層金屬犧牲。
實驗部分：希望能夠改良我們的 FT-IR 的裝置使電極表面與鹽片距離控制在 1~10μm[20]，從 ex-situ 變成 in-ex-situ，能夠使紅外光打到樣品表面並且做氣密設置，如此一來就能進行 in-ex-situ 的 FT-IR 串 聯電化學，這樣子就能夠更精準的了解到電催化活性的提升是因為電催化反應位置增加了還是因為 路徑關係使燃料可以完全氧化釋放更多的化學能。
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