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The introduction of nitrogen significantly decreases the metal particle size and improves the performance of metal-based graphene-supported catalysts. In this work, the density functional theory is used to understand the interaction between nitrogen-doped graphene and Pd@PdO clusters. Experiments show that small size Pd@PdO clusters (1–2 nm) can be grown uniformly on nitrogen-doped graphene sheets by a facile oxidation-reduction method. The nanoscale interaction relationship between nitrogen-doped graphene and Pd@PdO clusters is investigated through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectra (XAS). The composite catalysts are applied in Suzuki-Miyaura reactions giving high yields and good structural stability. These results have potential impact in design and optimization of future high performance catalyst materials for cross coupling reactions.
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Jiang, B., Song, S., Wang, J. et al. Nitrogen-doped graphene supported Pd@PdO core-shell clusters for C-C coupling reactions. Nano Res. 7, 1280–1290 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-014-0492-1
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