Structural Study of Pt鈥揊e Nanoparticles: New Insights into Pt Bimetallic Nanoparticle Formation with Oxidized Fe Species

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• 作者：Rosemary Easterday ; Olivia Sanchez-Felix ; Barry D. Stein ; David Gene Morgan ; Maren Pink ; Yaroslav Losovyj ; Lyudmila M. Bronstein
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：October 23, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：118
• 期：42
• 页码：24769-24775
• 全文大小：467K
• ISSN：1932-7455

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A combination of physicochemical methods allowed us to assess a structure of comparatively monodisperse 3鈥? nm Pt鈥揊e_xO_y nanoparticles (NPs) synthesized by thermal decomposition of platinum acetylacetonate in the presence of iron oxide NPs as an iron source. Unlike traditional PtFe alloys composed of zerovalent Pt and Fe species with the surface enriched by Pt atoms, the NPs discussed in this work contain Pt(0) and oxidized Fe species (most probably Fe³⁺ or Fe²⁺) as is proven by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Angular dependence XPS measurements demonstrated the absence of the core鈥搒hell structure, although a minor enrichment of the NP surface with Fe species was observed. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) reveal that these Pt鈥揊e_xO_y NPs are not alloys, but consist of different domains; i.e., they have a 鈥渃luster-in-cluster鈥?morphology. A comparison of the XPS and XRD data allowed us to conclude that the NPs also include amorphous iron oxide. These results allow better understanding of the mechanism of such NP formation and possible predictions of their catalytic performance.