Electrochemical milling and faceting: size reduction and catalytic activation of palladium nanoparticles.
Improved performance through milling: A method for enhancing the catalytic activity of supported metal nanoparticles is reported. This method enhances the activity for the ethanol electro-oxidation of a supported palladium catalyst. The much higher catalytic performance is ascribed to the increased electrochemically active surface area as well as the generation of high-index facets at the milled nanoparticle surface.
ICCOM-CNR, Polo Scientifico Area CNR, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
Yan-Xin
YX
Chen
Alessandro
A
Lavacchi
Sheng-Pei
SP
Chen
Francesco
F
di Benedetto
Manuela
M
Bevilacqua
Claudio
C
Bianchini
Paolo
P
Fornasiero
Massimo
M
Innocenti
Marcello
M
Marelli
Werner
W
Oberhauser
Shi-Gang
SG
Sun
Francesco
F
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