Optimising surface d charge of AuPd nanoalloy catalysts for enhanced catalytic activity

Xiaojuan Zhu; Qishui Guo; Yafei Sun; Shangjun Chen; Jian-Qiang Wang; Mengmeng Wu; Wenzhao Fu; Yanqiang Tang; Xuezhi Duan; De Chen; Ying Wan

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09421-5

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Optimising surface d charge of AuPd nanoalloy catalysts for enhanced catalytic activity

Xiaojuan Zhu,
Qishui Guo,
Yafei Sun,
Shangjun Chen,
Jian-Qiang Wang,
Mengmeng Wu,
Wenzhao Fu,
Yanqiang Tang,
Xuezhi Duan,
De Chen,
Ying Wan

Affiliations

Xiaojuan Zhu: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University
Qishui Guo: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University
Yafei Sun: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University
Shangjun Chen: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University
Jian-Qiang Wang: Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Mengmeng Wu: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University
Wenzhao Fu: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Yanqiang Tang: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Xuezhi Duan: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
De Chen: Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ying Wan: Key Laboratory of Resource Chemistry of Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Functional Materials, and Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09421-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Understanding the catalytic mechanism of bimetallic nanocatalysts remains challenging. Here the authors demonstrate that the d-orbital charge on the surface of Pd in a well-defined AuPd nanoalloy serves as a descriptor to the adsorbate states and hence the catalytic performance.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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