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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 47, Issue 11, Pages 3637-3643Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.06.048
Keywords
Metals; Nanostructures; Chemical synthesis; Electrochemical measurements
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [20673146]
- Science Foundation of South-Central University for Nationalities [YZZ05002]
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CO reducing strategy to control the morphologies of palladium nanocrystals was investigated. By using CO as a reducing agent, uniform and well-defined concave tetrahedral Pd nanocrystals with a mean size of about 55 +/- 2 nm were readily synthesized with Pd(acac)(2) as a precursor and PVP as a stabilizer. The structures of the as-prepared Pd nanocrystals were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption spectroscopy and electrochemical measurements. The results demonstrated that CO was the most essential for the formation of the concave tetrahedral Pd nanostructures. The morphologies and sizes of the final products can be well controlled by adjusting the flow rate of CO. The most appropriate CO flow rate, temperature and time for the formation of the ideal concave tetrahedral Pd nanocrystals was 0.033 mL s(-1), 100 C and 3 h, respectively. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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