TY - JOUR
T1 - An easy and cheap chemical route using a MOF precursor to prepare Pd-Cu electrocatalyst for efficient energy conversion cathodes
AU - Luo, Yun
AU - Estudillo-Wong, Luis Alberto
AU - Cavillo, Laura
AU - Granozzi, Gaetano
AU - Alonso-Vante, Nicolas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - Carbon supported bimetallic palladium-copper nanoparticles (PdCu/C) were prepared using a copper metal-organic framework (MOF) as sacrificial precursor. The effect of MOF was investigated by comparing the PdCu/C synthesized from a simple metal chloride precursor (CuCl2). The PdCu/C nanoparticles are nanorod-like particles in both cases. Based on the analysis from Warren planar defect and size-strain isotropic models, in the MOF-derived PdCu/C sample, the crystallite size, stacking-fault and micro-strain parameters increase, whereas lattice parameter decreases, with reference to both the CuCl2-derived PdCu/C and Pd/C nanoparticles. This assesses a solid solution in the MOF-derived PdCu/C sample, while the alloying is less evident in the CuCl2-derived sample, as supported by inductively coupled plasma and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data. A better oxygen reduction reaction activity obtained on MOF-derived PdCu/C, as compared to other homemade and commercial samples, is correlated to Pd surface modification induced by alloying, further proved by CO-stripping voltammograms.
AB - Carbon supported bimetallic palladium-copper nanoparticles (PdCu/C) were prepared using a copper metal-organic framework (MOF) as sacrificial precursor. The effect of MOF was investigated by comparing the PdCu/C synthesized from a simple metal chloride precursor (CuCl2). The PdCu/C nanoparticles are nanorod-like particles in both cases. Based on the analysis from Warren planar defect and size-strain isotropic models, in the MOF-derived PdCu/C sample, the crystallite size, stacking-fault and micro-strain parameters increase, whereas lattice parameter decreases, with reference to both the CuCl2-derived PdCu/C and Pd/C nanoparticles. This assesses a solid solution in the MOF-derived PdCu/C sample, while the alloying is less evident in the CuCl2-derived sample, as supported by inductively coupled plasma and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data. A better oxygen reduction reaction activity obtained on MOF-derived PdCu/C, as compared to other homemade and commercial samples, is correlated to Pd surface modification induced by alloying, further proved by CO-stripping voltammograms.
KW - Bimetallic alloy
KW - MOF
KW - Nanorod
KW - ORR
KW - Palladium
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcat.2016.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jcat.2016.03.001
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0021-9517
VL - 338
SP - 135
EP - 142
JO - Journal of Catalysis
JF - Journal of Catalysis
ER -