Abstract
A major synthetic challenge is to make metal nanoparticles with nanosized branches and well-defined facets for high-performance catalysts. Herein, we introduce a mechanism that uses the growth of hexagonal crystal structured branches off cubic crystal structured core nanoparticles. We control the growth to form Pd-core Ru-branch nanoparticles that have nanosized branches with low index Ru facets. We demonstrate that the branched and faceted structural features of the Pd-Ru nanoparticles retain high catalytic activity while also achieving high stability for the oxygen evolution reaction.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12760-12764 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue number | 40 |
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| Publication status | Published - 10 Oct 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |