“…Recently, as a new 13 generation of heterogeneous catalysts for the Suzuki coupling 14 reaction, immobilization of Pd nanoparticles on solid supports has 15 received considerable attention because of their superior catalytic 16 performance, good stability, ease of separation and satisfactory 17 reusability in comparison to the traditional homogeneous cata-18 lysts, such as Pd(OAc) 2 and PdCl 2 [2][3][4][5][6]. Generally, the solid 19 supports, especially carbon nanomaterials such as activated 20 carbon [7], carbon molecular sieve [8], fullerene [9], carbon 21 nanotube [10], nanofiber and graphene [11], have been used as the 22 support for heterogeneous palladium catalysts [12,13]. However, 23 noble metals (e.g., Pt, Pd, and Ru) deposited on these carbon 24 nanomaterials can easily leach during the catalytic processes 25 because the interaction between the metal nanoparticles and the 26 carbon support is weak, and also the chemical or catalytic 27…”