Tailoring Amorphous PdCu Nanostructures for Efficient C-C Cleavage in Ethanol Electrooxidation was written by Wang, Weicong;Shi, Xiatong;He, Tianou;Zhang, Zhaorui;Yang, Xiaolong;Guo, Yan-Jun;Chong, Ben;Zhang, Wen-Min;Jin, Mingshang. And the article was included in Nano Letters in 2022.Synthetic Route of Cl4Na2Pd The following contents are mentioned in the article:
The large-scale application of direct ethanol fuel cells has long been obstructed by the sluggish ethanol oxidation reaction at the anode. Current wisdom for designing and fabricating EOR electrocatalysts was focused on crystalline materials, which result in only limited improvement in catalytic efficiency. Here, we report the amorphous PdCu (a-PdCu) nanomaterials as superior EOR electrocatalysts. The amorphization of PdCu catalysts can significantly facilitate the C-C bond cleavage, which thereby affords a C1 path faradic efficiency as high as 69.6%. Further tailoring the size and shape of a-PdCu nanocatalysts through the delicate kinetic control can result in a maximized mass activity up to 15.25 A/mgPd, outperforming most reported catalysts. Notably, accelerated durability tests indicate that both the isotropic structure and one-dimensional shape can dramatically enhance the catalytic durability of the catalysts. This work provides valuable guidance for the rational design and fabrication of amorphous noble metal-based electrocatalysts for fuel cells. This study involved multiple reactions and reactants, such as Sodium tetrachloropalladate(II) (cas: 13820-53-6Synthetic Route of Cl4Na2Pd).
Sodium tetrachloropalladate(II) (cas: 13820-53-6) belongs to organic chlorides. Organic chlorides are compounds containing a carbon-chlorine bond, which are widely used in the oil field as a wax dissolver. Aliphatic organochlorides are often alkylating agents as chlorine can act as a leaving group, which can result in cellular damage.Synthetic Route of Cl4Na2Pd
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