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ABSTRACT: Screening of different sources of Pd/C shows reagents of highly variable nanoparticle sizes and oxidation states of the metal. Typically, catalysts with higher surface area are viewed as likely to be the more reactive. In this paper a new form of Pd/C, "UC Pd" is described that is shown to contain larger nanoparticles yet it is the most reactive catalyst of those sold commercially for Sonogashira coupling reactions. UC Pd functions efficiently in the absence of a copper co-catalyst, under very mild and "green" conditions using inexpensive 95% EtOH at 50 degrees C. It is also the only form of Pd/C that can be recycled. In side-by-side reactions with several commercially available forms of Pd/C, none compete successfully with UC Pd under standardized conditions. Physical data obtained from extensive surface analysis using TEM, XRD, XPS, and CO-TPD measurements lead to an explanation behind the unique reactivity of this new recyclable form of Pd/C.
Chemistry 02/2010; 16(11):3366-71. · 5.93 Impact Factor
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition 11/2008; 47(45):8682-6. · 13.45 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Electrochemical methods for the codeposition of Cr or Mo with α-Fe2O3 (hematite) have been developed to produce doped iron oxide films with varying compositions of Cr and Mo which are active photoanodes for photoelectrochemical (PEC) water decomposition (“water splitting”). The films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV−vis optical spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to determine the effect of the dopants on the hematite structure and PEC performance. Upon doping, the microstructures of the films varied; however, no preferred crystallographic orientation or dopant phase segregation was observed. The best performing samples were 5% Cr and 15% Mo doped which had Incident Photon Conversion Efficiencies (IPCE’s) at 400 nm of 6% and 12%, respectively, with an applied potential of 0.4V vs Ag/AgCl. These IPCE values were 2.2× and 4× higher than the undoped sample for the 5% Cr and 15% Mo samples, respectively. The increase in performance is attributed to an improvement in the charge transport properties within the films and not due to significant changes in the electrocatalytic rates due to dopants residing at the surface. The onset potential for photocurrent in all the samples was approximately −350 mV vs Ag/AgCl. The optical absorption spectra of the films showed bandgaps of approximately 2.0−2.1 eV for all samples regardless of doping.
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