Christopher P. Deming

TL;DR: Extensive structural characterization and theoretical density functional theory simulations of the best-performing catalysts revealed densely packed single-atom Pt surface sites surrounded by Au atoms, which suggests that their superior catalytic activity and selectivity could be attributed to the unique structural and alloy-bonding properties of these single-atomic-site catalysts.

TL;DR: Graphene quantum dots (GQDs)-supported palladium nanoparticles were synthesized by thermolytic reduction of PdCl2 in 1,2-propanediol at 80 °C in the presence of GQDs and then were subject to hydrothermal treatment at an elevated temperature within the range of 140 to 200 °C as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the binding energy of the Pd 3d electrons was found to increase accordingly, probably due to enhanced electron withdrawing by the more acidic pyrrolic nitrogens.

TL;DR: Interestingly, the Au@Ag semishell Janus nanoparticles exhibited enhanced electrocatalytic activity in oxygen reduction reactions, as compared to their Au@ Ag and Ag@Au core-shell counterparts, likely due to a synergistic effect between the gold cores and silver semisells that optimized oxygen binding to the nanoparticle surface.

TL;DR: Dodecyne-capped AuPd alloy nanoparticles of varyin gc ompositions were prepared through the coreduction of metal-salt precursors with NaBH4.