Polyacrylate-Assisted Size Control of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Activity
摘要:
In this work, a simple one-step method of silver nanoparticle (NPs) preparation with controlled size is introduced. Silver NPs were prepared by reduction of [Ag(NH3)(2)](+) complex cation by D-maltose in the presence of low concentrations (1 x 10(-10) mol/L to 1 x 10(-7) mol/L) of high-molecular-weight poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). This modification of the reduction reaction results in managing of the prepared silver nanoparticles size in the range from 28 nm (the reaction system without PAA) to 77 nm (system with the highest used PAA concentration). The presence of poly(acrylic acid) influences both nucleation process and also the subsequent stage of nanoparticle growth. The rate of nuclei formation by homogeneous nucleation is affected by PAA due to the formation of the strong complex with silver ions which results in a prolongation of the initiation phase of the reduction process proportionally to PAA concentration. The formation of the adsorption layer of PAA on the surface of the emerging silver nuclei prevents the direct contact between silver ions and nuclei, which is necessary for continuation of the nuclei growth via heterogeneous catalytical mechanism. Because of this restriction, the silver nuclei grow up to their final size by the aggregation mechanism. The as-prepared silver NPs were tested as efficient catalysts for redox reactions. For this purpose, a model reaction, the reduction of organic dye by sodium borohydride was used. The mechanism of this reaction is discussed using the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model of heterogeneous catalysis.
Facile synthesis of size and wavelength tunable hollow gold nanostructures for the development of a LSPR based label-free fiber-optic biosensor
作者:Jitendra Satija、Joseph Tharion、Soumyo Mukherji
DOI:10.1039/c5ra13941d
日期:——
Hollow bimetallic nanostructures have recently emerged as attractive plasmonic materials due to the ease of optical tunability by changing their size/composition.
Photocatalytic and photoelectric properties of cubic Ag3PO4 sub-microcrystals with sharp corners and edges
作者:Yingpu Bi、Hongyan Hu、Shuxin Ouyang、Gongxuan Lu、Junyu Cao、Jinhua Ye
DOI:10.1039/c2cc30363a
日期:——
Herein, we demonstrate a complex-precipitation strategy for high-yield fabrication of single-crystalline Ag3PO4 sub-microcubes with sharp corners, edges, and smooth surfaces, which exhibit much higher photocatalytic activities and photoelectric conversion properties than spherical Ag3PO4 particles and commercial N-doped TiO2 under visible light irradiation.
在此,我们展示了一种复合沉淀策略,用于高产制备具有尖角、边缘和光滑表面的单晶 Ag3PO4 亚微管,在可见光照射下,其光催化活性和光电转换性能远高于球形 Ag3PO4 颗粒和商用 N 掺杂 TiO2。
Polyacrylate-Assisted Size Control of Silver Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Activity
In this work, a simple one-step method of silver nanoparticle (NPs) preparation with controlled size is introduced. Silver NPs were prepared by reduction of [Ag(NH3)(2)](+) complex cation by D-maltose in the presence of low concentrations (1 x 10(-10) mol/L to 1 x 10(-7) mol/L) of high-molecular-weight poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). This modification of the reduction reaction results in managing of the prepared silver nanoparticles size in the range from 28 nm (the reaction system without PAA) to 77 nm (system with the highest used PAA concentration). The presence of poly(acrylic acid) influences both nucleation process and also the subsequent stage of nanoparticle growth. The rate of nuclei formation by homogeneous nucleation is affected by PAA due to the formation of the strong complex with silver ions which results in a prolongation of the initiation phase of the reduction process proportionally to PAA concentration. The formation of the adsorption layer of PAA on the surface of the emerging silver nuclei prevents the direct contact between silver ions and nuclei, which is necessary for continuation of the nuclei growth via heterogeneous catalytical mechanism. Because of this restriction, the silver nuclei grow up to their final size by the aggregation mechanism. The as-prepared silver NPs were tested as efficient catalysts for redox reactions. For this purpose, a model reaction, the reduction of organic dye by sodium borohydride was used. The mechanism of this reaction is discussed using the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model of heterogeneous catalysis.
Synthesis of Hollow BiVO<sub>4</sub>/Ag Composite Microspheres and Their Photocatalytic and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Properties
under visible-light irradiation (>400 nm). The results show clearly that the BiVO4 /Ag compositemicrospheres possess a much higher photocatalytic activity than pure BiVO4 microspheres and P25. In addition, Raman analyses show that the BiVO4 /Ag compositemicrospheres exhibit an excellent surface-enhancedRamanscattering (SERS) performance.