Abstract
An environment-friendly oxidation–reduction method was used to prepare Pd/C hybrid nanocomposites (NCs) using carbon as host and Pd nanoparticles (NPs) as surface loading, and sodium citrate was used as a reducing agent. The structures and morphologies of the Pd/C hybrid NCs were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission (high-resolution) electron microscopy (TEM, HRTEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and so on. The results demonstrated that the Pd NPs were deposited on the surface of the C sphere beads, and the Pd NPs were homogeneous and monodispersed. The results also indicated that the diameter of the Pd NPs was 3 ± 0.5 nm and the Pd/C NCs were 197 ± 6.5 nm. In addition, the Pd/C NCs showed improved electrocatalytic activity for formic acid oxidation in comparison with commercial Pd NPs through controlling the surface structures. So, the environment-friendly preparation method provided developmental direction to fabricate all kinds of metal/C hybrid NCs architectures.
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