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Ligand-Mediated Nucleation and Growth of Palladium Metal Nanoparticles
Published on: June 25, 2018
Polyol synthesis of palladium hydride: bulk powders vs. nanocrystals
Ting-Hao Phan1, Raymond E Schaak
1Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|May 23, 2009
Abstract:
Palladium is converted into palladium hydride, beta-PdH(x), in polyol solution using NaBH(4) as a hydrogen source; nanocrystalline Pd reacts to form PdH(x) faster and at lower temperatures than bulk Pd, and can be made to release hydrogen to regenerate Pd.
