One-Pot Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles Supported on Carbide-Derived Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

We explored two methods for synthesizing Pd nanoparticles using three different carbide-derived carbon (CDC) support materials, one of which was nitrogen-doped. These materials were studied for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in 0.1 M KOH solution, and the resulting CDC/Pd catalysts were characterized using TEM, XRD, and XPS.

Oxygen reduction reaction on Pd nanocatalysts prepared by plasma-assisted synthesis on different carbon nanomaterials.

In this work He/H plasma jet treatment was used to reduce Pd ions in the aqueous solution with simultaneous deposition of created Pd nanoparticles to support materials. Graphene oxide (GO) and nitrogen-doped graphene oxide (NrGO) were both co-reduced with the Pd ions to formulate catalyst materials. Pd catalyst was also deposited on the surface of carbon black.

Stabilizer-free silver nanoparticles as efficient catalysts for electrochemical reduction of oxygen.

In this work we demonstrated the potential of the He+5% H+1% N plasma jet treatment for the synthesis of surfactant-free silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) with narrow size distribution. The obtained colloidal solutions of electrostatically stabilized Ag NPs do not show any agglomeration for several months. Apart from an atomic thin oxide layer and the relatively weakly bound OH ions, the surface of Ag NPs can be considered as stabilizer-free.