Synthesis of Pd<sub>3</sub>Sn and PdCuSn Nanorods with <i>L1<sub>2</sub></i> Phase for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Ethanol Oxidation
Ming Zhou, Jiawei Liu, Chongyi Ling, Yiyao Ge, Bo Chen, Chaoliang Tan, Zhanxi Fan, Jingtao Huang, Junze Chen, Zhengqing Liu, Zhiqi Huang, Jingjie Ge, Hongfei Cheng, Ye Chen, Lei Dai, Pengfei Yin, Xiao Zhang, Qinbai Yun, Jinlan Wang, Hua Zhang
Abstract
Abstract The crystal phase of nanomaterials is one of the key parameters determining their physicochemical properties and performance in various applications. However, it still remains a great challenge to synthesize nanomaterials with different crystal phases while maintaining the same composition, size, and morphology. Here, a facile, one‐pot, wet‐chemical method is reported to synthesize Pd 3 Sn nanorods with comparable size and morphology but different crystal phases, that is, an ordered intermetallic and a disordered alloy with L1 2 and face‐centered cubic ( fcc ) phases, respectively. The crystal phase of the as‐synthesized Pd 3 Sn nanorods is easily tuned by altering the types of tin precursors and solvents. Moreover, the approach can also be used to synthesize ternary PdCuSn nanorods with the L1 2 crystal phase. When used as electrocatalysts, the L1 2 Pd 3 Sn nanorods exhibit superior electrocatalytic performance toward the ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) compared to their fcc counterpart. Impressively, compared to the L1 2 Pd 3 Sn nanorods, the ternary L1 2 PdCuSn nanorods exhibit more enhanced electrocatalytic performance toward the EOR, yielding a high mass current density up to 6.22 A mg Pd −1 , which is superior to the commercial Pd/C catalyst and among the best reported Pd‐based EOR electrocatalysts.