Hongjing Wang,Tongqing Zhou,Qiqi Mao,Shengqi Wang,Ziqiang Wang,You Xu,Xiaonian Li,Kai Deng,Liang Wang
Tuning the composition and surface structure of the metal nanocrystals offered viable avenues for enhancing catalytic performances. Herein, we report a facile one-pot strategy for the formation of PdAg porous alloy nanostructures (PANs) with a concave surface. Due to their highly open nanostructures and tunable d-band center features, PdAg PANs exhibit superior electrocatalytic activity and long-term durability than Pd nanoparticles (NPs) and Pd/C for methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) in alkaline media. Our results provide a feasible and efficient approach for the controlled synthesis of high-performance Pd-based nanomaterials for alkaline MOR.
We present the synthesis of two-dimensional Au-PdAg hybrid electrocatalysts with two distinct morphologies through site-specific deposition in seeded growth. The co-reduction of Pd and Ag precursors in the presence of plate-like Au seeds, using CTAC and CTAB as capping agents, led to edge- and face-specific deposition. This approach successfully and selectively engineered the interface between Au and PdAg phases along the edge region and upper/bottom faces, respectively. Our results demonstrate that the Au-PdAg products exhibit superior electrocatalytic activity and long-term durability for ethanol oxidation in alkaline media compared to commercial Pt/C electrocatalysts. DFT simulations further validated the advantages of constructing Au-PdAg interfaces over alloyed counterparts in EOR electrocatalysis. The current study offers a viable strategy for constructing two-dimensional trimetallic EOR electrocatalysts with well-defined interfaces, potentially paving the way for the rational design of high-performance fuel cell catalysts.