Graphene Quantum Dots-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen in Alkaline Media
Graphene Quantum Dots-Supported Palladium Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen in Alkaline Media
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DOI:
10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00927
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发表时间:
2015-10
影响因子:
8.4
通讯作者:
Christopher P. Deming;Rene Mercado;Vamsi Gadiraju;S. Sweeney;M. Khan;Shaowei Chen
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作者:
Christopher P. Deming;Rene Mercado;Vamsi Gadiraju;S. Sweeney;M. Khan;Shaowei Chen
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs)-supported palladium nanoparticles were synthesized by thermolytic reduction of PdCl2 in 1,2-propanediol at 80 °C in the presence of GQDs and then were subject to hydrothermal treatment at an elevated temperature within the range of 140 to 200 °C. Transmission electron microscopic measurements showed a raspberry-like morphology for the samples before and after hydrothermal treatment at temperatures ≤160 °C, where nanoparticles of ca. 8 nm in diameter formed large aggregates in the range of 50 to 100 nm in diameter, and at higher hydrothermal temperatures (180 and 200 °C), chain-like nanostructures were formed instead. X-ray photoelectron and Raman spectroscopic measurements revealed that the GQD structural defects were readily removed by hydrothermal treatments, and the defect concentrations exhibited a clear diminishment with increasing hydrothermal temperature, as indicated by the loss of oxygenated carbons in XPS and a drop in the D to G band ratio in Raman measurements. Vol...