Abstract

Nanostructured palladium (Pd) materials are highly efficient noble metal catalysts in various fields, but developing a simple and mild strategy to prepare Pd nanomaterials with high activity and selectivity still remains a big challenge. In this study, uniform-sized Pd popcorn-like nanospheres (PNSs) were successfully synthesized by the slow reduction of Pd(OAc)2 in anhydrous methanol under ambient conditions in the dark without any surfactant, additional reductant and support. The obtained Pd PNSs have rough surface with the average diameter of approximately 140 nm, and are composed of many smaller PNSs with the average size of about 12 nm. Pd PNSs have excellent catalytic performance in the hydrogenation of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde to 4-aminobenzaldehyde under mild conditions. Specifically, using the as-prepared Pd PNSs as catalyst, the 98 % conversion of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde and 98 % selectivity to 4-aminobenzaldehyde can be achieved within 1.5 h at 35°C under atmospheric pressure. After three recycling, the Pd PNSs can still maintain highly catalytic activity and selectivity. The very simple strategy developed here will be a valuable supplement to the methodology for the surfactant-free fabrication of other surface-active metallic nanomaterials for advanced applications.

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