Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials

Pd and Ru are two key elements of the platinum-group metals that are invaluable to areas such as catalysis and energy storage/transfer. To maximize the potential of the Pd and Ru elements, significant effort has been devoted to synthesizing Pd–Ru bimetallic materials. However, most of the reports de...

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Main Authors: Dongshuang Wu, Kohei Kusada, Hiroshi Kitagawa
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1221727
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description Pd and Ru are two key elements of the platinum-group metals that are invaluable to areas such as catalysis and energy storage/transfer. To maximize the potential of the Pd and Ru elements, significant effort has been devoted to synthesizing Pd–Ru bimetallic materials. However, most of the reports dealing with this subject describe phase-separated structures such as near-surface alloys and physical mixtures of monometallic nanoparticles (NPs). Pd–Ru alloys with homogenous structure and arbitrary metallic ratio are highly desired for basic scientific research and commercial material design. In the past several years, with the development of nanoscience, Pd–Ru bimetallic alloys with different architectures including heterostructure, core-shell structure and solid-solution alloy were successfully synthesized. In particular, we have now reached the stage of being able to obtain Pd–Ru solid-solution alloy NPs over the whole composition range. These Pd–Ru bimetallic alloys are better catalysts than their parent metal NPs in many catalytic reactions, because the electronic structures of Pd and Ru are modified by alloying. In this review, we describe the recent development in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials. Aiming for a better understanding of the synthesis strategies, some fundamental details including fabrication methods and formation mechanisms are discussed. We stress that the modification of electronic structure, originating from different nanoscale geometry and chemical composition, profoundly affects material properties. Finally, we discuss open issues in this field.
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spelling doaj.art-fee9409cf4984feeb7433ca49ab522722022-12-21T20:21:23ZengTaylor & Francis GroupScience and Technology of Advanced Materials1468-69961878-55142016-01-0117158359610.1080/14686996.2016.12217271221727Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterialsDongshuang Wu0Kohei Kusada1Hiroshi Kitagawa2Division of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto UniversityDivision of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto UniversityDivision of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto UniversityPd and Ru are two key elements of the platinum-group metals that are invaluable to areas such as catalysis and energy storage/transfer. To maximize the potential of the Pd and Ru elements, significant effort has been devoted to synthesizing Pd–Ru bimetallic materials. However, most of the reports dealing with this subject describe phase-separated structures such as near-surface alloys and physical mixtures of monometallic nanoparticles (NPs). Pd–Ru alloys with homogenous structure and arbitrary metallic ratio are highly desired for basic scientific research and commercial material design. In the past several years, with the development of nanoscience, Pd–Ru bimetallic alloys with different architectures including heterostructure, core-shell structure and solid-solution alloy were successfully synthesized. In particular, we have now reached the stage of being able to obtain Pd–Ru solid-solution alloy NPs over the whole composition range. These Pd–Ru bimetallic alloys are better catalysts than their parent metal NPs in many catalytic reactions, because the electronic structures of Pd and Ru are modified by alloying. In this review, we describe the recent development in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials. Aiming for a better understanding of the synthesis strategies, some fundamental details including fabrication methods and formation mechanisms are discussed. We stress that the modification of electronic structure, originating from different nanoscale geometry and chemical composition, profoundly affects material properties. Finally, we discuss open issues in this field.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1221727palladiumrutheniumnanomaterialsalloycatalysis
spellingShingle Dongshuang Wu
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Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
palladium
ruthenium
nanomaterials
alloy
catalysis
title Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
title_full Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
title_fullStr Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
title_full_unstemmed Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
title_short Recent progress in the structure control of Pd–Ru bimetallic nanomaterials
title_sort recent progress in the structure control of pd ru bimetallic nanomaterials
topic palladium
ruthenium
nanomaterials
alloy
catalysis
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