A Novel Graphdiyne-Based Catalyst for Effective Hydrogenation Reaction

The platinum nanoparticles (Pt NPs) hybrided with nanostructured carbon materials with high stability are important for catalyzing hydrogenation reaction. Here we reported the fabrication of ultrastable Pt NPs anchored on graphdiyne, in which the strong interactions induced by the porous graphdiyne can prevent the thermal migration of Pt nanoparticles on the graphdiyne surface, exploiting the strong charge transfer interactions from Pt NPs to GDY substrate to tune the electron density of Pt NPs. Pt NPs catalyst with size of 2-3 nm showed high performance on hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones to the corresponding alcohols compared with commercial Pt-C. Our results indicated that graphdiyne is a promising substrate for constructing metal nanoparticle-based heterogeneous catalysts, especially for those requiring strong interactions between metal nanoparticles and reactants.