Fenfen Lu,Daohua Sun,Jiale Huang,Mingming Du,Feng Yang,Huimei Chen,Yingling Hong,Qingbiao Li
Herein, we reported the green synthesis of Ag–Pd alloy nanoparticles (NPs) using the aqueous extract of the Cacumen platycladi leaves as well as their application as catalyst for hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene. The biosynthetic NPs were characterized to confirm the nature of alloy by UV–vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The possible functional groups responsible for the reduction and protection of NPs were identified through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results revealed that biomolecules like saccharides, polyphenols, or carbonyl compounds were related to the reduction process, and the (NH)C═O groups were responsible for the stabilization of the NPs. Furthermore, the as-formed Ag–Pd bimetallic-supported catalysts especially Ag1Pd3/γ-Al2O3 was found to possess excellent catalytic performance toward hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene. A butene yield of 84.9% was obtained, which was remarkably enhanced when compared with monometallic counterparts. Moreover, the activity of it maintained stability within 12 h of durable experiments.
Shu-Tao Gao,Weihua Liu,Cheng Feng,Ning-Zhao Shang,Chun Wang
Highly dispersed Ag–Pd alloys deposited on an amine-functionalized UiO-66(NH2–UiO-66) have been successfully prepared via a pre-coordination method. The as-synthesized AgPd@NH2–UiO-66 catalyst exhibited 100% H2 selectivity and a high catalytic activity (TOF = 103 h−1) toward the dehydrogenation of formic acid at room temperature without any additives, which is among the highest values ever reported. Our study further reveals that the synergetic effect between the Ag–Pd alloy and NH2–UiO-66 support play a key role for the efficient catalytic dehydrogenation of formic acid.
Noble-metal nanostructures are promising for biosensing applications owing to their fantastic physicochemical properties, but the rational design of their easy-accessible and reactive surface is still challenging. This work is devoted to the interfacial engineering of Ag-Pd alloys, including tuning alloy composition and geometric structure, to promote the electrochemical biosensing performance. Through a co-tuning tactic with controlled reduction, channel-rich Ag 1 Pd 3 alloys with optimal electronic configurations and accessible active surface are successfully obtained, which afford high sensitivity, outstanding selectivity and excellent repeatability to detect H 2 O 2 and glucose biomarkers. As experimentally and theoretically evidenced, tailoring the composition of Ag-Pd alloys ameliorates electronic configurations due to ligand effects, which can optimize the binding with the key intermediate of OH*, and thereby boost electrochemical kinetic steps on surface. Meanwhile, tuning geometric structure with abundant channels enables fast transport of analytes toward largely-exposed active sites. Providing an atomic-level interpretation of structure-dependent biosensing, this work is anticipated to offer guidelines for the development of efficient sensing platforms.