Electrochemical milling and faceting: size reduction and catalytic activation of palladium nanoparticles
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Yan-Xin Chen1, Alessandro Lavacchi, Sheng-Pei Chen
1ICCOM-CNR, Polo Scientifico Area CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English)
|July 19, 2012
Abstract:
Improved performance through milling: A method for enhancing the catalytic activity of supported metal nanoparticles is reported. This method enhances the activity for the ethanol electro-oxidation of a supported palladium catalyst. The much higher catalytic performance is ascribed to the increased electrochemically active surface area as well as the generation of high-index facets at the milled nanoparticle surface.
