Large-Scale Synthesis of Palladium Concave Nanocubes with High-Index Facets for Sustainable Enhanced Catalytic Performance

• DOI: 10.1038/srep08515
• Publication Date: 2015-02-17T10:19:32Z
• Authors: Xiaobin Xie; Guanhui Gao; Zhengyin Pan; Tingjun Wang; Xiaoqing Meng; Lintao Cai
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; Article; 0104 chemical sciences

Abstract The catalytic activity of palladium (Pd) nanostructures highly relies on their size and morphology, especially enclosed with high-index facets, which provide more active sites so as to enhance performance comparing low-index facet counterparts. Herein, Pd concave nanocubes {730} facets by a one-pot scalable liquid method, various are synthesized via tuning reduction kinetics. Due the exhibit much higher electrocatalytic stability for methanol oxidation than {100} commercial Pd/C. Furthermore, we scale up synthesis expanding volume all species fifty times high-yield production.