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Aqueous Synthesis of Pd–M (M = Pd, Pt, and Au) Decahedra with Concave Facets for Catalytic Applications

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Noble-metal nanocrystals with structural features such as high-index facets and twin defects on the surface are desirable for various catalytic applications. Here we report an aqueous route to the facile synthesis of Pd–M (M = Pd, Pt, and Au) decahedra covered with concave facets by controlling the deposition and diffusion of M atoms on Pd decahedral seeds. Our mechanistic studies indicate that the preferential deposition of M atoms on the twin boundaries of Pd decahedral seeds under limited surface diffusion is instrumental to their evolution into decahedra enclosed by concave facets. Due to the presence of high-index facets and twin boundaries on the surface, the Pd concave decahedra show enhanced catalytic activity towards formic acid oxidation. The present work not only offers a general route to the facile synthesis of decahedral nanocrystals with concave facets but also provides an additional knob for enhancing the catalytic performance of noble-metal nanocrystals.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported in part by a research grant from the NSF (CHE1804970) and startup funds from Georgia Institute of Technology. As a visiting Ph.D. student from Zhejiang University, H. Huang was also partially supported by a Fellowship from the China Scholarship Council.

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  1. The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA

    Hongwen Huang, Maochang Liu & Younan Xia

  2. State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China

    Hongwen Huang & Zhizhen Ye

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Hongwen Huang

  4. School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA

    Ruhui Chen & Younan Xia

  5. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, 75080, USA

    Jinguo Wang & Moon J. Kim

  6. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA

    Younan Xia

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Huang, H., Chen, R., Liu, M. et al. Aqueous Synthesis of Pd–M (M = Pd, Pt, and Au) Decahedra with Concave Facets for Catalytic Applications. Top Catal 63, 664–672 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-020-01235-w

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