Dual doping effects (site blockage and electronic promotion) imposed by adatoms on Pd nanocrystals for catalytic hydrogen production

Autor: Jason M. Smith, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, B. Pang, Weiran Zheng, Amy Kolpin, M. Gordon-Brown, Winson C. H. Kuo, Simon Jones, Simon M. Fairclough
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Chemical Communications. 51:46-49
ISSN: 1364-548X
1359-7345
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc06195k
Popis: Three distinctive doping effects to modify the electronic and geometric properties of Pd nanocrystals for HCOOH decomposition to H2/CO2 are presented: Bi atoms take preferable residence on higher index sites, which leads to a reduction in HCOOH dehydration; Te atoms dwell favourably on terrace sites, which reduces the rate of dehydrogenation; Ag atoms, without site specificity, induce strong electronic effects to promote the activity on the dwindling number of surface Pd sites at high coverage.
Databáze: OpenAIRE