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Enhanced catalytic activity and thermal stability by highly dispersed Pd-based nanocatalysts embedded in ZrO2 hollow spheres

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Sintering resistant noble metal nanoparticles are critical to the development of advanced catalysts with high activity and stability. Herein, we reported the construction of highly dispersed Pd nanoparticles loaded at the inner wall of ZrO2 hollow spheres (Pd@HS-ZrO2), which shows improved activity and thermal stability over references in the Pd-ZrO2 (catalyst-support) system. Even after 800 °C high temperature calcination, the Pd nanoparticles and ZrO2 hollow spheres did not undergo morphological changes. The Pd@HS-ZrO2 manifests batter catalytic activity and thermal stability than the counterpart Pd/ZrO2 catalysts. In comparison to Pd/ZrO2-800, Pd@ZrO2-800 exhibits a 25°C reduction in the temperature required for complete conversion of CO. The enhanced catalytic activity and thermal stability of Pd@HS-ZrO2 can be attributed to the nanoconfinement effect offered by the 10 nm wall thickness of the ZrO2 hollow spheres, which suppresses the coarsening of the Pd nanoparticles (active center for catalysis).

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The authors would like to thank the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52173257, 52162028, and 51962015) and the Jiangxi Double Thousand Plan (Grant No. jxsq2018102141).

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  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, **gdezhen Ceramic Institute, **gdezhen, 333001, China

    Tianli Liu & Chuan** Tian

  2. State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Bei**g, 100084, China

    Tianli Liu, Jian Zhang, Mingjie Xu & Chang-An Wang

  3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China

    Mingjie Xu

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Liu, T., Zhang, J., Xu, M. et al. Enhanced catalytic activity and thermal stability by highly dispersed Pd-based nanocatalysts embedded in ZrO2 hollow spheres. Front. Mater. Sci. 17, 230649 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-023-0649-5

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