High‐Performance Electrocatalysis on Palladium Aerogels

Abstract

Nanostructures as catalysts: Pd aerogels modified with α-, β-, and γ-cyclodextrins can be obtained by the spontaneous self-assembly of in situ generated Pd nanoparticles. The Pd aerogels show excellent electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of ethanol. The catalytic activity is believed to arise from the nonsupported nanometer-scale structure of the aerogel network and the interactions of ethanol with the cyclodextrin. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.