How can we overcome the sintering of nanoparticles, happens at the surface, in the synthesis of Pd-based intermetallic compound as a catalyst on Methanol Steam Reforming process? In face, the most challenging part of synthesizing an intermetallic compound is the annealing section where the mixture should go through a comparably moderate heating so that we could reach the ordered compound known as intermetallic, not an unordered alloy (solid solution).
You may want to consider ZnPd (intermetallic) as the case study. Recommending some applicable papers is profoundly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Don't anneal....Or sterically separate the material on an 'inert' support so that the fundamental size can be preserved. Aggregation is a given for sub-100 nm materials. See:
November 3rd, 2015 Adhesion and cohesion http://tinyurl.com/zwb2wlh
Thank you.
At this stage, I'm just gathering information so that I could make sure that the possible impediments are already considered.
I appreciate your idea. Is there a paper I could take a look at this synthesis procedure?
There's virtually an infinite amount of literature on supported metal alloy catalysts. Google is your friend.
Sure. Thanks for your help. I thought there is a special technique.
All the best.
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