Dual roles of underpotential deposition in the synthesis of tetrahexahedral Pd-Ag alloy nanocrystals.

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State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5625 Renmin Street, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China.

Published: November 2020

Tetrahexahedral Pd-Ag alloy nanocrystals enclosed by high-index {520} facets with enhanced electrocatalytic activity have been synthesized using an Ag(i)-assisted growth protocol. The underpotential deposition of Ag plays dual roles in the formation of tetrahexahedral nanocrystals: it not only stabilizes the high-index {520} facets, but also facilitates the formation of Pd-Ag alloys.

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