Abstract
Radiolytic reduction of mixed AuIII/FeII ethylene glycol solutions led to two kinds of particles: 2 nm Fe rich nanoparticles as well as large rods (a few tens of nm) and faceted particles rich in gold and containing a small amount of iron. The adjunction of iron to gold enhances remarkably its electro-catalytic properties toward oxygen and proton reduction. Our results show that Au-Fe system is very promising for application in fuel cells.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
G.G. Nunes, R.C.R. Bottini, D.M. Reis, P.H.C. Camargo, D.J. Evans, P.B. Hitchcock, G.J. Leigh, E.L. Sa, J.F. Soares,Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2004,357, 1219
M. Haruta,J. New Mat. Electrochemical Syst., 2004,7, 163
C.J. Zhong, M.M. MayeAdv. Mater. 2001,13, 1507
D.T. Thompson,Nanotoday, 2007,2, 40
J.L. Fernandez, D.A. Walsh, A.J. Bard,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005,127, 357
K.A. Friedrich, F. Henglein, U. Stimming, W. Unkauf,Electrochim. Acta, 2000,45, 3283
T. J. Schmidt, Z. Jusys, H.A. Gasteiger, R.J. Behm, U. Endruschat, H.J. Bonnemann,Electroanal. Chem. 2001,501, 132
T. J. Schmidt, V. Stamenkovic, N.M. Markovic, P.N. Ross Jr.,Electrochim. Acta, 2003,48, 3823
B.B. Blizanac, M. Arenz, P.N. Ross, N.M. Markovic,J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004,126, 10130
G. Tremiliosi-Filho, E.R. Gonzalez, A.J. Motheo, E.M. Belgsir, J.-M. Léger, C. Lamy,J. Electroanal. Chem., 1998,444, 31
Z. Borkowska, A. Tymosiak-Zielinska, G. Shul,Electrochim. Acta, 2004,49, 1209
J. Luo, P.N. Njoki, Y. Lin, L. Wang, C.J. Zhong,Electrochem. Commun., 2006,8, 581
M.S. El-Deab, T. Osaka,Electrochim. Acta, 2002,47, 4255
C. Mihut, C. Descrome, D. Duprez, M.D. Amiridis,J. Catal., 2003,212, 125
P. Hernandez-Fernandez, S. Rojas, P. Ocon, J.L. Gomez de la Fuente, J. San Fabian, J. Sanza, M.A. Pena, F.J. Garcia-Garcia, P. Terreros, J.L.G. Fierro,J. Phys. Chem. C, 2007,111, 2913
K. Sato, B. Bian, Y. Hirotsu,Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. Part 2, 2002,41, L1
D.L. Lu, K. Domen, K.I. Tanaka,Langmuir, 2002,18, 3226
Y.P. Lee, R. Gontarz, J.Y. Rhee,Phys. Rev. B: Condes. Matter.Mater. Phys., 2003,67, 104424
I.C. Chang and D.H. Chen,Adv. Func. Mater., 2007,17, 1311
J. Belloni, M. Mostafavi, H. Remita, J.L. Marignier, M.O. Delcourt,New. J. Chem., 1998,22, 1239
J. Belloni,Catal. Today, 2006,113, 141
M. Tréguer, C. de Cointet, H. Remita, J. Khatouri, M. Mostafavi, J. Amblard, J. Belloni & R. De Keyser,J. Phys. Chem. B, 1998,102, 4310
H. Remita, A. Etchebery, J. Belloni,J. Phys. Chem. B, 2003,107, 31
H. Remita, I. Lampre, M. Mostafavi, E. Balanzat, S. Bouffard,Radiat. Phys. Chem., 2005,72, 575
H. Remita, J. Khatouri, M. Tréguer, J. Amblard, J. Belloni,Z. Phys. D, 1997,40, 127
G.R. Dey, H. Remita, M. Mostafavi,Chem. Phys. Lett., 2006,431, 83
B. Keita, L. Nadjo,J. Electroanal. Chem., 1988,243, 87
B. Keita, G. Zhang, A. Dolbecq, P. Mialane, F. Sécheresse, F. Miserque, L. NadjoJ. Phys. Chem. C, 2007,111, 8145
E.Gachard, H. Remita, J. Khatouri, J. Belloni, B.Keita, L.Nadjo,New. J. Chem.,1998, 1257 30 M-H. Shao, K. Sasaki, R.R. Adzic, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128, 3526
B. Beverskog, I. Puigdomenech,Corrosion Science, 1996,38, 2121
a) S. Trasatti,J. Electroanal. Chem. 1972,39, 163; b) J. Norskov, T. Bligaard, A. Logadottir, J.R. Kitchin, J.G. Chen, S. Pandelov, U. Stimming,J. Electrochem. Soc., 2005,152, 323
M. Enyo, B.E. Conway, J.O’M. Bockris, in E. Yeager, S.V.M. Khan, R.E. White (Eds),Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry, Vol. 7, Plenum Press, New York, 1983, p. 241
M. S. El-Deab, T. Ohsaka,Electrochem. Commun., 2002,4, 288
A. Sarapuu, K. Tammeveski, T.T. Tenno, V. Sammelselg, K. Konturri, D.J. Schiffrin,Electrochem. Commun. 2001,3, 446
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
About the authors Malaknaz Mirdamadi Esfahani is a PhD student in the Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (LCP) at the Paris-Sud University. Her research activities are fast kinetics and electron relaxation measurements in solution by pulse radiolysis, synthesis of metal nanoparticles in solution and their applications in electro catalysis.
Mehran Mostafavi is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Paris-Sud University and the head of the Laboratoire de Chimie Physique of CNRS at Orsay. One of his research interests is the mechanism of metal and semiconductor nano-clusters growth induced by irradiation in solution.
Patricia J. Kooyman is assistant professor in catalysis engineering at Delft University of Technology since 2002. Her activities are focused on structure-activity relations in heterogeneous catalysts (zeolites and mesoporous materials, sulphides, metal nanoparticles) and include state-of-theart transmission electron microscopy.
Arnaud Etcheberry is a CNRS (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique) researcher and the second Head of The Institut Lavoisier of Versailles. He is also the leader of the Electrochemistry and Physical Chemistry at the Interfaces group. His research interests focus on surface analysis by photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electrons, noble metal and semiconductor surfaces, metal and semiconductor electrochemistry, electrochemistry on functionalized Pt nanoparticles, electrocatalysis and electrodeposition.
Mariane Imperor got a PhD in physics in 1992 at Paris-Sud University, Orsay. She is a researcher at the CNRS since 1992. She is working in the X-ray team from the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides in Orsay at the Paris-Sud University. Her research interests concern the structure of complex fluids, liquid-crystals and mesoporous materials, using mainly X-ray scattering experiments.
Hynd Remita is a CNRS researcher since 1994. She is working in the Laboratoire de Chimie Physique in Orsay at the Paris-Sud University. Her research interests focus on radiolysis, metal nanoparticles and nanomaterials, nucleation and growth processes, fuel cells and photocatalysis.
Dr Bineta Keita (Directeur de Recherche in the French CNRS) andProf. Louis Nadjo are senior researchers. Their work is focused on electrochemistry and electrocatalysis.
Rights and permissions
Open Access This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0 ), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
About this article
Cite this article
Mirdamadi-Esfahani, M., Mostafavi, M., Keita, B. et al. Au-Fe system: application in electro-catalysis. Gold Bull 41, 98–104 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216587
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216587