Shape-Controlled Synthesis of Pt Nanocrystals: The Role of Metal Carbonyls
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- 作者：Yijin Kang ; Jun Beom Pyo ; Xingchen Ye ; Rosa E. Diaz ; Thomas R. Gordon ; Eric A. Stach ; Christopher B. Murray
- 刊名：ACS Nano
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：January 22, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：7
- 期：1
- 页码：645-653
- 全文大小：595K
- 年卷期：v.7,no.1(January 22, 2013)
- ISSN：1936-086X
文摘
Well-controlled synthesis of nanocrystals is necessary to unambiguously correlate the structural properties of nanocrystals with the catalytic properties. The most common low-index surfaces are (111) and (100). Therefore, model materials with {111} and {100} facets are highly desirable, in order to understand the catalytic properties of (111) and (100) surfaces for various structure-sensitive reactions. We report a solution-phase synthesis using metal carbonyls as additives. This synthetic method produces highly monodisperse Pt octahedra and icosahedra as the model of Pt{111}, Pt cubes as the model of Pt{100}, respectively. Several other morphologies, such as truncated cubes, cuboctahedra, spheres, tetrapods, star-shaped octapods, multipods, and hyper-branched structure, are produced, as well. A bifunctional role of metal carbonyl in the synthesis is identified: zerovalent transition metal decomposed from metal carbonyl acts as a shape-directing agent, while CO provides the reducing power. These high-quality shape-controlled Pt nanocrystals are suitable for model catalyst studies.