Abstract
Supported metal clusters are considered as promising cocatalysts in heterogeneous photocatalysis due to their singular geometric structures and unique reactivity. Nevertheless, to explore efficient synthetic routes that result in stable supported clusters with tailored active sites is an urgent yet challenging task. Here, a photocatalyst with highly dispersed Pd clusters onto TiO2 is synthesized through only one-step ball milling procedure. The obtained Pd clusters form a particular metal-support interface, which has the ability to rearrange the small clusters evolving into Pd nanoparticles during the photocatalytic H2 production process, and maintain a stable photocatalytic performance up to 100 h of continuous operation. Moreover, the unique interaction between Pd clusters and titania support was only observed in the ball-milled sample, and it disappeared after a calcination treatment. The mechanochemical strategy paves the way to stabilize supported metal clusters onto semiconductors without any organic compounds involved.
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