title: Formation of porous Pd black induced by in situ catalytic reaction.
abstract: The in situ heterogeneous catalytic reaction of formic acid decomposition was applied as a 'reaction template' in the synthesis of porous Pd black. The obtained porous Pd black was characterized by transmission electron microscopy, electrochemical measurements and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was found that the porous Pd black had a high electrochemical active surface area of about 40.2 m2 g(-1) and a clean surface. It could be used directly as a catalyst in many fields such as fuel cells.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun 130022, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yunjie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiaochun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Changpeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xing