title: Highly branched concave Au/Pd bimetallic nanocrystals with superior electrocatalytic activity and highly efficient SERS enhancement.
abstract: Superstar: branched concave Au/Pd bimetallic nanocrystals were synthesized in high yield by seed-mediated co-reduction of Au and Pd metal precursors in an aqueous solution at room temperature. The branches are concave and have high-index facets on their surfaces. These nanocrystals show superior electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of ethanol and highly efficient SERS enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, China.
authors.forename: Lin-Fei
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Sheng-Liang
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: An-Wu
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010165:Palladium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010165:Palladium; D006046:Gold