Issue 9, 2011
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Catalysis Science & Technology

Microwave-assisted, environmentally friendly, one-pot preparation of Pd nanoparticles/graphene nanocomposites and their application in electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol†

Yingwei Zhang,a   Guohui Chang,a   Sen Liu,a   Jingqi Tian,ab   Lei Wang,a   Wenbo Lu,a   Xiaoyun Qina  and  Xuping Sun*a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 130022 Jilin, Changchun, China
E-mail: sunxp@ciac.jl.cn
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Tel: +86 431-85262065

b Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China

Abstract

In this communication, we demonstrate for the first time that Pd nanoparticles/graphene nanocomposites (PdNPs–G) can be rapidly synthesized through a microwave-assisted, environmentally friendly, one-pot method with the use of tannic acid (TA) as a reducing agent. It is suggested that the loading amount and sizes of PdNPs on a G sheet can be controlled by the ratio of raw materials and microwave irradiation time. It is also found that the electrocatalytic activity and stability of the resultant PdNPs–G nanocomposites are much better than that of commercial Pd/C catalysts towards methanol electrooxidation in alkaline media.

Graphical abstract: Microwave-assisted, environmentally friendly, one-pot preparation of Pd nanoparticles/graphene nanocomposites and their application in electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CY00296A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jul 2011
Accepted
10 Sep 2011
First published
21 Sep 2011

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011,1, 1636-1640

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Microwave-assisted, environmentally friendly, one-pot preparation of Pd nanoparticles/graphene nanocomposites and their application in electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol

Y. Zhang, G. Chang, S. Liu, J. Tian, L. Wang, W. Lu, X. Qin and X. Sun, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2011, 1, 1636 DOI: 10.1039/C1CY00296A

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