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Structural and photocatalytic properties of silicon carbide powder and nanowires modified by gold nanoparticles

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Commercial bulk powder of SiC and SHS-synthesized SiC nanowires were studied. Gold nanoparticles were deposited onto a surface of both samples. Basic properties, such as crystalline structure, phase composition, morphology and photocatalytic activity with the chromatographic analysis of the reaction products, were determined. Obtained silicon carbides are crystalline materials of hexagonal (commercial SiC) and cubic (synthesized SiC nanowires) structures. The presence of gold nanoparticles was proven through Raman spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and transmission electron microscopy. No gold phase was detected as a separate crystalline component in both Au-modified samples. The neat nanowires were indicated as a catalyst rather accumulating intermediate organic substances than commercial SiC which enables shifting equilibrium to the generation of gaseous products (CO and CH4). The gold-containing SiC nanowires demonstrated an essential enhancement of photocatalytic activity keeping Au nanoparticles on the surface after the reaction.

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The authors are grateful to the CNPq Project No. PVE 401383/2014-8 and FAPERGS Project No. 16/2552-0000 for receiving funds to carry out the research. The authors thank Prof. Tatiana D. Saint’pierre (Chemistry Department, PUC Rio) and the staff at the Microscopy and Microanalysis Center (UFRGS) for continued assistance.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 225 Marquês de São Vicente Str., Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22435-900, Brazil

    Michael Nazarkovsky, Volodymyr Zaitsev, Jiang Kai, Arthur L. Scofield & Renato S. Carreira

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  5. Institute of Physics, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), 156 Passo da Pátria Str., Niterói, RS, 24210-310, Brazil

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Nazarkovsky, M., Alekseev, S., Huczko, A. et al. Structural and photocatalytic properties of silicon carbide powder and nanowires modified by gold nanoparticles. Res Chem Intermed 45, 4081–4100 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-019-03892-3

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