Fig. 56. (a and b) DFT results for Pd–B alloy formation energy convex hull and hcp Pd2B crystal.22 (c) Schematic representation of the synthetic route for Pd2B NS/C. (d) HRTEM image of Pd2B NS. The inset is the magnified image of the rectangular region in (d). (e) STEM image and STEM-EDS element mapping Pd2B. (f) XRD patterns illustrating the phase transformation from Pd (fcc) to Pd2B (hcp) at different reaction temperatures. Reproduced with permission from ref. 948. Copyright RSC 2019.
