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Metal–CdSe Double Shell Hollow Nanocubes via Sequential Nanoscale Reactions and Their Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

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A rational combination of nanoscale reactions can offer complex nanostructures with multiple components. In the present study, a general synthetic protocol was developed to generate metal–CdSe double shell hollow nanocubes. Three well-known nanoscale reactions, Galvanic replacement, chalcogenization, and cationic exchange, were sequentially applied to the original Ag nanocubes, yielding PtAg, Pt–Ag2Se, and Pt–CdSe hollow nanocubes, respectively. The final structure was composed of two distinct layers of Pt and CdSe domains. Thin and continuous Pt inner layers were formed at the stage of selenization due to the nanoscale Kirkendall effect. With the variation of the metals (Pt, Au, and Pd) and metal selenides (Ag2Se, CdSe), six different metal–semiconductor hybrids were produced with an identical morphology of the double shell hollow nanocubes. Thicknesses of metal and CdSe layers were also regulated by controlling amounts of metal contents at the Galvanic replacement step. The resulting Pt–CdSe double shell hollow nanocubes effectively catalyzed photochemical hydrogen evolution reactions with long term stability.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Saudi Aramco-KAIST CO2 management center. This work was also supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004196 and NRF-2017R1D1A1 B03031892).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, 34141, Republic of Korea

    Woong Choi, Garam Park, Kyung-Lyul Bae, Ji Yong Choi & Hyunjoon Song

  2. Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea

    Won Seok Seo

  3. Department of Chemistry, Mokpo National University, Muan, Jeonnam, 58554, Republic of Korea

    Ki Min Nam

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Choi, W., Park, G., Bae, KL. et al. Metal–CdSe Double Shell Hollow Nanocubes via Sequential Nanoscale Reactions and Their Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Top Catal 61, 965–976 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-018-0951-0

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