Screening of Carbon-Supported PdAg Nanoparticles in the Hydrogen Production from Formic Acid

A screening of carbon-supported PdAg nanoparticles (NPs) (PdAg/C) in H-2 production from formic acid (FA) dehydrogenation was carried out by using uniform similar to 3-5 nm PdAg alloy NPs with a wide compositional range in terms of PVP/metal and Pd/Ag ratios. The evaluation of the catalytic performance combined with the detailed characterization indicated the beneficial effect of the Ag incorporation and also revealed that the best performance achieved by PdlAg2/C (PVP/metal = 1) can be ascribed to its optimum composition and electronic features.