Physical properties
Palladium Nitrate Hydrate is the inorganic compound with the formula Pd(NO3)2.(H2O)2, it is deliquescent solids.
Uses
Palladium Nitrate Hydrate can be used to the preparation of platinum-palladium/carbon alloy nanocatalysts for methanol-tolerant oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells.
Preparation
Hydrated palladium nitrate may be prepared by dissolving palladium oxide hydrate in dilute nitric acid followed by crystallization. The nitrate crystallizes as yellow-brown deliquescent prisms.
Structure and conformation
According to X-ray crystallography, Palladium Nitrate Hydrate feature square planar Pd(II) with unidentate nitrate ligands.
