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Tunable synthesis solid or hollow Au–Ag nanostructure, assembled with GO and comparative study of their catalytic properties

实心、空心金-银纳米材料的可控合成,与氧化石墨烯的组装及其催化性质的对比研究

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In this work, we demonstrated a simple and efficacious two-step method for the synthesis of Ag@Au core–shell nanoparticles (Ag@AuNPs) and the Ag/Au hollow nanocages (Ag/AuNCs) with Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs) as seeds by adjusting pH, and the preparation of hybrid Ag@AuNPs- or Ag/AuNCs-graphene oxide nanocomposites (Ag@AuNPs-GO or Ag/AuNCs-GO) based on the self-assembly. It was noticed from the electrostatic assembly experiment that the loading amount of Ag/AuNCs on GO nanosheet was more than that of Ag@AuNPs. The as-synthesized hybrid materials were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, ζ-potential, high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analyzer and X-ray diffraction. Catalytic activities of Ag@AuNPs, Ag/AuNCs and Ag/AuNCs-GO nanostructures were investigated in the reduction of 4-, 3- or 2-nitrophenol to 4-, 3- or 2-aminophenol, and on the basis of comparative kinetic studies the following trend was obtained for the related catalytic activity: Ag/AuNCs-GO > Ag/AuNCs > Ag@AuNPs. These observations were attributed to the simultaneous effects of surface area available for catalytic reaction and composition of the hybrid nanostructures.

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本文介绍了一种简单有效的制备银核金壳核壳纳米粒子(Ag@AuNPs)和银/金中空纳米笼(Ag/AuNCs)的合成方法,该方法分为两步:首先合成银纳米粒子(AgNPs),然后以该银纳米粒子为种子,通过调整溶液的pH,实现上述两种纳米材料的可控合成。之后基于自组装的方法制备得到了银金核壳纳米粒子-氧化石墨烯纳米复合物(Ag@AuNPs-GO)及银/金中空纳米笼-氧化石墨烯纳米复合物(Ag/AuNCs-GO)。研究发现,利用静电自组装的方法,Ag/AuNCs比Ag@AuNPs更容易组装到氧化石墨烯上。利用TEM, AFM, ζ-电位,HAADF-STEM,TGA及XRD等方法对所制备的杂化材料进行了表征。另外,研究了Ag@AuNPs, Ag/AuNCs 和Ag/AuNCs-GO 3种纳米材料在催化4-, 3-或2-硝基苯酚还原为4-, 3-或2-硝基苯胺方面所表现出的催化性质,对比研究发现其催化活性具有如下趋势:Ag/AuNCs-GO > Ag/AuNCs > Ag@AuNPs。实验结果表明,纳米杂化材料的组分和其提供的有效表面积都对其优异的催化活性起了重要作用。

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21105042), the Science Foundation of China Postdoctor (2014M560572), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2015BM024), and Tai-Shan Scholar Research Fund of Shandong Province. The study was partially supported by grant NIH 1R01DA037838 to Drs. Li and Nair.

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    Lidan Xu, Min Hong, Yongliang Wang, Ming Li, Haibo Li & Chen-Zhong Li

  2. Nanobioengineering/Bioelectronics Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, USA

    Chen-Zhong Li

  3. Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33174, USA

    Madhavan P. N. Nair

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Xu, L., Hong, M., Wang, Y. et al. Tunable synthesis solid or hollow Au–Ag nanostructure, assembled with GO and comparative study of their catalytic properties. Sci. Bull. 61, 1525–1535 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-016-1165-0

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