Novel nickel–palladium catalysts encased in a platinum nanocage

Balachandran Jeyadevan; Jhon L. Cuya; Yoshinori Inoue; Kozo Shinoda; Takashi Ito; Derrick Mott; Koichi Higashimine; Shinya Maenosono; Takatoshi Matsumoto; Hiroshi Miyamura

doi:10.1039/C4RA03091E

Novel nickel–palladium catalysts encased in a platinum nanocage†

Balachandran Jeyadevan,*^a Jhon L. Cuya,^a Yoshinori Inoue,^a Kozo Shinoda,^b Takashi Ito,^c Derrick Mott,^d Koichi Higashimine,^d Shinya Maenosono,^d Takatoshi Matsumoto^b and Hiroshi Miyamura^a

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^a Department of Material Science, University of Shiga Prefecture, 2500 Hassaka Cho, Hikone 522-8533, Shiga, Japan
E-mail: jeyadevan.b@mat.usp.ac.jp

^b Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

^c Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

^d School of Material Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan

Abstract

Novel Ni–Pd nanocubes of a few tens of nm in size encased in a Pt cage have for the first time been synthesized using a long-chain alcohol reduction process. The unique distribution of Pt atoms in these particles holds the key for the design of high turnover catalysts for the future.

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Novel nickel–palladium catalysts encased in a platinum nanocage†

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