Abstract
Three distinctive doping effects to modify the electronic and geometric properties of Pd nanocrystals for HCOOH decomposition to H2/CO2 are presented: Bi atoms take preferable residence on higher index sites, which leads to a reduction in HCOOH dehydration; Te atoms dwell favourably on terrace sites, which reduces the rate of dehydrogenation; Ag atoms, without site specificity, induce strong electronic effects to promote the activity on the dwindling number of surface Pd sites at high coverage.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 46-49 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 4 Jan 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |