Controlled formation of concave tetrahedral/trigonal bipyramidal palladium nanocrystals.
Novel concave Pd nanocrystals with uniform diameter were successfully prepared in the presence of formaldehyde. While the outer surfaces of the as-prepared concave Pd nanocrystals are {111}, the faces concave toward the polyhedral center are high-surface-energy {110} faces. The degree of concavity and therefore the percentage of {110} of the nanocrystals are tunable by varying the amount of formaldehyde and the reaction temperature. Owing to the existence of active {110} facets, the electrocatalytic activity of the concave Pd nanocrystals displays dependency on their degree of concavity.
Huang
Xiaoqing
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State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
Tang
Shaoheng
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Zhang
Huihui
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Zhou
Zhiyou
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Zheng
Nanfeng
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