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Highly dispersed ultrafine palladium nanoparticles on three-dimensional mesoporous carbon for formic acid electro-oxidation

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Highly dispersed ultrafine palladium nanoparticles have been uniformly decorated on a nano-CaCO3-templated three-dimensional mesoporous carbon (MC) matrix through a facile chemical reduction approach. Owing to its unique structural features, the as-prepared Pd/MC nanohybrid manifests markedly enhanced electrocatalytic performance in terms of catalytic activity and durability toward formic acid oxidation compared with conventional Pd/XC-72 electrocatalyst.

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The authors appreciate the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21273116, 21376122, and 51401110), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20130900), and a project funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Mianyan Yang, Xiaoshu Zhu, Yawen Tang, Ping Wu & Tianhong Lu

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Yang, M., Zhu, X., Tang, Y. et al. Highly dispersed ultrafine palladium nanoparticles on three-dimensional mesoporous carbon for formic acid electro-oxidation. Ionics 21, 2609–2614 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1445-8

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