title: One-pot synthesis of branched palladium nanodendrites with superior electrocatalytic performance.
abstract: Branched Pd nanodendrites have been synthesized by a very simple method, which have displayed substantially enhanced oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity compared with that of commercial Pd/C catalysts. The Pd nanodendrites show 4.8 times more activity on the basis of an equivalent noble metal mass for the ORR than the commercial Pd/C catalysts. Moreover, the Pd nanodendrite catalysts also exhibit superior ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) activity, making them excellent candidates as high performance multifunctional catalysts for both ORR and EOR.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomaterials and Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemistry, The National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Min-Rui
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Meng-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Hui-Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu