Butylphenyl-functionalized palladium nanoparticles as effective catalysts for the electrooxidation of formic acid

Zhi-You Zhou; Xiongwu Kang; Yang Song; Shaowei Chen

doi:10.1039/c1cc11235j

Butylphenyl-functionalized palladium nanoparticles as effective catalysts for the electrooxidation of formic acid

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jun 7;47(21):6075-7. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11235j. Epub 2011 Apr 26.

Authors

Zhi-You Zhou¹, Xiongwu Kang, Yang Song, Shaowei Chen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.

PMID: 21519615
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11235j

Abstract

Monodisperse butylphenyl-functionalized palladium (Pd-BP, dia. 2.24 nm) nanoparticles were synthesized through co-reduction of butylphenyldiazonium and H(2)PdCl(4) by NaBH(4). Because of this unique surface functionalization and a high specific electrochemical surface area (122 m(2) g(-1)), the Pd-BP nanoparticles exhibited a mass activity ∼4.5 times that of commercial Pd black for HCOOH electrooxidation.