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Published on: May 18, 2020
Size-controlled synthesis of mesoporous palladium nanoparticles as highly active and stable electrocatalysts
Cuiling Li1, Takaaki Sato, Yusuke Yamauchi
1World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. Yamauchi.Yusuke@nims.go.jp.
Abstract:
We report a solution phase synthesis of monodispersed mesoporous Pd nanoparticles (MPNs) with narrow particle size distributions. The average particle sizes can be controlled to a range of 25 nm to 42 nm, by utilizing cationic surfactants (as structure-directing agents) and triblock copolymers (as protective agents for controlled Pd deposition). The obtained MPNs exhibit very high electrocatalytic activity in formic acid oxidation.

