title: Morphology dependence of electrochemical properties on palladium nanocrystals.
abstract: In recent years, shape control has received the most attention in the exploration of Pd nanocrystals (NCs). However, exploring an efficient approach for the systematic production of Pd NCs under similar reaction conditions still presents a significant challenge, which is significantly important to clearly explain the effectiveness of morphology on the catalytic activity of Pd NCs. We designed and accomplished a facile strategy for the morphology transformation between Pd nanosheets and Pd nanotetrahedra by simply controlling the reaction temperature. A growth mechanism was proposed based on TEM images of the time-dependent morphology evolution. The Pd nanosheets and Pd nanotetrahedra exhibit higher activity for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) compared with the benchmark Pd/C catalysts, and their activities are dependent on the morphology. In particular, Pd nanosheets show an increased activity by 3.81 (MOR) and 2.86 (ORR) times due to their large specific surface area and exposed facets.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Department of Materials Science, and Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinchang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Department of Materials Science, and Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Department of Materials Science, and Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China; Department of Control Science & Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Department of Materials Science, and Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Weitao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Department of Materials Science, and Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of MOE, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: xqcui@jlu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xiaoqiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cui
keywords: Electrochemistry; Fuel cells; Pd nanostructures; Shape control synthesis; Two-dimensional material