Pd-N-C shelled Pd nanoparticle catalysts for high-performance hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

Jiao Dong; Zixiang Su; Yanyan Jia; Runjia Xing; Sixuan She; Daqin Guan; Sheng Dai; Jinling Wang; Manqing Chai; Zhenshan Hou; Zhi-Qiang Wang; Hehe Wei; P. Hu

doi:10.1039/d5sc09543c

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Pd-N-C shelled Pd nanoparticle catalysts for high-performance hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

Jiao Dong Zixiang Su Yanyan Jia

Runjia Xing Sixuan She

Daqin Guan

Sheng Dai

Jinling Wang

Manqing Chai Zhenshan Hou

Zhi-Qiang Wang

Hehe Wei P. Hu

Chemical Science · Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

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Abstract

A PdSAN
2-2
C structure with balanced pyridinic/pyrrolic nitrogen enhances OOH adsorption for H
2
O
2
production in the oxygen reduction reaction. The derived Pd@PdSAN
2-2
C core–shell catalyst achieves 97% H
2
O
2
selectivity and high yield at 200 mA cm
−2
.

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Authors

J

Jiao Dong

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

Z

Zixiang Su

State Key Laboratory of Synergistic Chem-Bio Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, China; National Engineering & Technology Research Center of Scattered Metals, First Rare Materials Co., Limited, Baijia Industrial Park 27-9B, Qingyuan, Guangdong, 511517, China

Y

Yanyan Jia

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

R

Runjia Xing

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

S

Sixuan She

Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

D

Daqin Guan

WA School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering (WASM-MECE), Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia

S

Sheng Dai

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

J

Jinling Wang

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

M

Manqing Chai

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

Z

Zhenshan Hou

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

Z

Zhi-Qiang Wang

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

H

Hehe Wei

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China

P

P. Hu

State Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Engineering and Industrial Catalysis, Center for Computational Chemistry and Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China; School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Shanghai, 201210, China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China Award: 22203030

National Key Research and Development Program of China Award: 2021YFA1500700

Cite This Article

Jiao Dong, Zixiang Su, Yanyan Jia, et al. (2026). Pd-N-C shelled Pd nanoparticle catalysts for high-performance hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis. Chemical Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sc09543c

Pd-N-C shelled Pd nanoparticle catalysts for high-performance hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

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