A novel Ti³⁺-mediated approach for supporting palladium on anodic TiO2 nanotubes: Toward efficient and recyclable catalysis in the heck reaction

A simple electrochemical reduction technique was employed to generate Ti 3+ with strong reducing property on the anodic TiO 2 nanotubes (ATNTs). Utilizing Ti 3+ as the reducing agent, Pd 2+ was successfully reduced in situ to Pd 0 on the anodic TiO 2 nanotubes (Pd@ATNTs). Various characterization methods were employed to confirm that the proportion of Ti 3+ and the size of Pd nanoparticles could be controlled by adjusting the electrochemical reduction voltage. The obtained [email protected] exhibited satisfactory catalytic efficiency (TOF: 1302 h −1 ) in the Heck reaction between various aryl halides and olefins. Furthermore, [email protected] demonstrated high stability, with no significant loss of catalytic activity observed even after six cycles.