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Supplementary Information
Hydrogen absorption in 1 nm Pd clusters confined in
MIL-101(Cr)
Abdelmalek Malouche
1
, Gabriela Blanita
2
, Dan Lupu
2
, Julie Bourgon
1
, Jaysen Nelayah
3
,
Claudia Zlotea
1*
*corresponding author email: claudia.zlotea@icmpe.cnrs.fr
Table SI-1. Chemical analysis of x-Pd@MIL-101 (x = 5, 10, 15 and 20).
Figure SI-1. TEM images and related particle size histograms for x-Pd@MIL-101 (x = 5, 10,
15 and 20).
Figure SI-2. SEM images for x-Pd@MIL-101 (x = 5, 10, 15 and 20).
Figure SI-3. Experimental and simulated XRD patterns of MIL-101.
Figure SI-4. Thermogravimetric analysis of MIL-101 under air.
Figure SI-5. Hydrogen absorption PCI curves for all composites expressed as equilibrium
pressure vs. H/M.
Figure SI-6. XAS spectra for Pd bulk under air (black) and Pd@MIL-101 under 1 bar He
(blue) and H
2
(red) at 300 K.
Figure SI-7. Comparison of the module of FT for bulk, 2.5 nm and 1 nm Pd at room
temperature.
Figure SI-8. Comparison between FT experimental (black) and fitted (red) by EXAFS
refinements at Pd K edge for bulk Pd.
Figure SI-9. Comparison between FT experimental (black) and fitted (red) by EXAFS
refinements at Pd K edge for Pd@MIL-101 under He.
Figure SI-10. Comparison between FT experimental (black) and fitted (red) by EXAFS
refinements at Pd K edge for Pd@MIL-101 under H
2
.
Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
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