Concerted galvanic replacement reactions towards trimetallic Cu-Ag-Pd nanostructures for glycerol electrocatalysis

Abstract

We report a proof-of-concept synthesis of Cu-Ag-Pd nanostructures via concerted galvanic replacement reactions between copper(0) and silver(I)-palladium(II). This methodology enables dramatic enhancement of the electrocatalytic properties of the derived materials by adjusting the lattice strain depending on the amounts of incoming Pd and Ag, and outgoing Cu from the template.