Size and aspect ratio control of Pd₂Sn nanorods and their water denitration properties.
Monodisperse Pd2Sn nanorods with tuned size and aspect ratio were prepared by co-reduction of metal salts in the presence of trioctylphosphine, amine, and chloride ions. Asymmetric Pd2Sn nanostructures were achieved by the selective desorption of a surfactant mediated by chlorine ions. A preliminary evaluation of the geometry influence on catalytic properties evidenced Pd2Sn nanorods to have improved catalytic performance. In view of these results, Pd2Sn nanorods were also evaluated for water denitration.
†Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.
ZhiShan
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Luo
†Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.
Maria
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Ibáñez
‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain.
Ana M
AM
Antolín
§Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
Aziz
A
Genç
†Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.
Alexey
A
Shavel
‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain.
Sandra
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Contreras
‡Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Campus Sescelades, Av. Països Catalans, 26, 43007 Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain.
Francesc
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Medina
§Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.|⊥Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, ICN2 Campus de la UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, CAT, Spain.|∥Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi
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Arbiol
†Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), 08930 Sant Adrià del Besòs, Barcelona, Spain.|∥Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08010 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Andreu
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Cabot