Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
190973 Electrochimica Acta 2010 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Pd clusters were formed on highly dispersed Au nanoparticles (∼3.5 nm in diameter) using a seed-mediated growth process. The structural information and electrocatalytic activities of these Pd clusters on Au nanoparticles were confirmed by high-resolution-transmission-electron microscopy (HR-TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). The resulting nanoparticles, which had a uniform size (<5 nm in diameter), were highly dispersed on carbon particles, and Pd clusters (<0.44 nm in size, <2 atomic layers) were formed selectively on Au nanoparticles. XPS results show that the Pd 3d5/2 peak shifted to lower binding energies and that the amount of surface oxide decreased as the Pd content was decreased on the Au nanoparticles. In formic acid electro-oxidation, these Pd clusters exhibit enhanced electrocatalytic activity relative to that of carbon-supported Pd nanoparticles. These results may be due to the modified electronic and geometric structure of the Pd clusters on the Au nanoparticle substrate.

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