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[b][size=5]Polyol synthesis of platinum nanostructures: Control of morphology through the manipulation of reduction kinetics[/size][/b]
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In summary, we have demonstrated that Pt nanostructures with four different morphologies could be synthesized by controlling the reduction kinetics of a polyol process. The presence of both iron species and oxygen (or air) was found to be critical to the control of the reduction kinetics and hence morphology. Depending on the way the FeII/FeIII redox pair and oxygen (from air) were supplied to the reaction system, Pt nanostructures in the form of spheres, star-shaped particles, branched multipods, and nanowires could be obtained as the major product for each run of synthesis. Although the strategy described here may resemble what has been widely explored in the general area of biomineralization,[17] the exact approaches are very different. In biomineralization, a biopolymer is used to mediate the diffusion rate of reactive species toward the surface of nuclei and thus to control the morphology. In the approach presented here, the growth of nuclei is retarded by blocking their surface with oxygen and/or by facilitating the dissolution of atoms from the nuclei. The net results of these two different approaches are the same: a reduction in supersaturation and the induction of morphologies that deviate from those favored thermodynamically.[18]"hIp1]-v^_4hq
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[i]Four different ways to control the kinetics of polyol reduction and the corresponding morphologies observed for the Pt nanostructures. As the same amount of PVP was present in all four illustrated syntheses, the striking difference in morphology was not caused by PVP concentration. We believe that the PVP molecules in these syntheses only function as a stabilizer to prevent the resultant nanoparticles from aggregating into larger structures.[/i]
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[i]TEM (A-D) and SEM (E, F) images of Pt nanostructures that have been obtained by controlling the reduction rate of a polyol process. The products correspond to the morphology labeled A to E in Figure 1. The inset of (D) shows a typical electron-diffraction pattern of the branched nanostructures; F) enlarged section of the SEM image shown in (E) of the nanowires grown at the surface layer.[/i]
nanosurface 2007-09-06 04:07
[b][size=5]Single-crystal nanowires of platinum can be synthesized by controlling the reaction rate of a polyol process[/size][/b]3c-M$MuX"G&I
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Platinum nanowires of ~100 nm in length and ~5 nm in diameter have been synthesized by reducing H2PtCl6 with ethylene glycol in the presence of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) and a trace amount of Fe3+ or Fe2+. The wires were generated at the final stage of the synthesis, which involved the formation of several intermediate species. The Fe3+ or Fe2+ ions had dual functions in the synthesis: they induced aggregation of Pt nanoparticles into larger structures that served as the nucleation sites, and they greatly reduced the reaction rate and supersaturation level to induce anisotropic growth. The reaction mechanism was studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-vis spectral analysis. The Pt nanowires could be readily separated from the surfaces of the agglomerates by sonication and obtained as pure samples by centrifugation.
nanosurface 2007-09-06 04:10
[b][size=5]Shape-dependent catalytic activity of platinum nanoparticles in colloidal solution[/size][/b]
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[b][i] NANO LETTERS[/i][/b] 4 (7): 1343-1348 JUL 2004
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Abstract: The activation energies and the average rate constants are determined in the 298 K-318 K temperature range for the early stages of the nanocatalytic reaction between hexacyanoferrate (111) and thiosulfate ions using 4.8 +/- 0.1 nm tetrahedral, 7.1 +/- 0.2 nm cubic, and 4.9 +/- 0.1 nm "near spherical" nanocrystals. These kinetic parameters are found to correlate with the calculated fraction of surface atoms located on the corners and edges in each size and shape.
nanosurface 2007-09-06 04:12
[b][size=5]In situ surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy on electrodes with platinum and palladium nanoparticle ensembles[/size][/b]
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