title: Tiny Pd@Co core-shell nanoparticles confined inside a metal-organic framework for highly efficient catalysis.
abstract: A new strategy to pre-incorporate metal precursors followed by their in situ reduction is established to prepare tiny core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) stabilized by a metal-organic framework (MOF). The obtained Pd@Co core-shell NPs of ∼2.5 nm confined in the pores of a mesoporous MOF, MIL-101, exhibit synergistic and superior catalytic performance in hydrolytic dehydrogenation of NH3 BH3 under mild conditions compared to their monometallic and alloy counterparts as well as Pd@Co NPs located on a MOF surface.
authors.affiliation: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Shu-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Hai-Long
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Jiang
keywords: core-shell nanoparticles; heterogeneous catalysis; hydrogen; metal-organic frameworks; porous materials