Pore-tuning to boost the electrocatalytic activity of polymeric micelle-templated mesoporous Pd nanoparticles

Cuiling Li; Muhammad Iqbal; Bo Jiang; Zhongli Wang; Jeonghun Kim; Ashok Kumar Nanjundan; Andrew E. Whitten; Kathleen Wood; Yusuke Yamauchi

doi:10.1039/C8SC03911A

Pore-tuning to boost the electrocatalytic activity of polymeric micelle-templated mesoporous Pd nanoparticles†

Cuiling Li,

^a Muhammad Iqbal,^bc Bo Jiang,^c Zhongli Wang,^c Jeonghun Kim,

^bd Ashok Kumar Nanjundan,

^d Andrew E. Whitten,^e Kathleen Wood^e and Yusuke Yamauchi

*^bdf

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^a School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

^b Key Laboratory of Eco-chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST), Qingdao 266042, China

^c International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan

^d School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
E-mail: y.yamauchi@uq.edu.au

^e Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia

^f Department of Plant & Environmental New Resources, Kyung Hee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 446-701, South Korea

Abstract

Understanding how mesoporous noble metal architectures affect electrocatalytic performance is very important for the rational design and preparation of high-performance electrocatalysts. Herein, by using polymeric micelle-assembled structures as templates, mesoporous Pd nanoparticles with tunable porous constructions are synthesized by simply tuning the solvent compositions. The effect of porous Pd nanoparticles on the electrocatalytic performance is thoroughly studied. Their superior electrocatalytic activity can be attributed to the mass transport efficiency and open porous structures.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC03911A
Article type: Edge Article
Submitted: 02 Sep 2018
Accepted: 18 Feb 2019
First published: 12 Mar 2019
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 4054-4061

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C. Li, M. Iqbal, B. Jiang, Z. Wang, J. Kim, A. K. Nanjundan, A. E. Whitten, K. Wood and Y. Yamauchi, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4054 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03911A

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