Journal
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 597-604Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c03389
Keywords
covalent organic framework; carbon nanotube; Pd nanoparticles; ethanol oxidation reaction; catalytic activity
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing, China [cstc2020jcyjmsxmX0341, cstc2021jcyj-msxmX0427]
- Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [KJQN202101416]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [22106008]
- Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [CXQT20026]
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In this study, a nanocomposite of a covalent organic framework (COF) on a carbon nanotube (CNT) was prepared and utilized for the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution. The resulting 2D heterogeneous nanomaterial, CNT-COF-Pd, exhibited strong catalytic performance towards the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) in direct-ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). This superior catalytic activity can be attributed to the strong coordination effect between the N atoms inside the COF cavities and Pd, as well as the unique electrical properties of the CNT.
Although there have been tremendous improvements in fabricating metal nanoparticle-functionalized two-dimensional (2D) heterogeneous materials, an effective strategy for loading ultrafine-sized metal nanoparticles with high catalytic performance and stability remains a challenge. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a promising candidate template for the synthesis of decentralized metal nanomaterials with ultrafine diameters. In this study, an in situ grown nanocomposite (CNT-COF) of a COF on a carbon nanotube (CNT) has been prepared and applied in the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles with a narrow size distribution (denoted as CNT-COF-Pd). The 2D heterogeneous nanomaterial CNT-COF-Pd shows strong catalytic performance toward the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) in direct-ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs). The superior catalytic activity can be attributed to the strong coordination effect between the N atoms inside the cavities of the COF and Pd and the special electrical property of the CNT. We anticipate that such COF-supported ultrafine Pd nanoparticles will be a new 2D heterogeneous catalyst in DEFCs and other fields.
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