H2O2-Mediated Oxidation of Zero-Valent Silver and Resultant Interactions among Silver Nanoparticles, Silver Ions, and Reactive Oxygen Species

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• 作者：Di He ; Shikha Garg ; T. David Waite
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：July 10, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：27
• 页码：10266-10275
• 全文大小：504K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.27(July 10, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

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The H₂O₂-mediated oxidation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) over a range of pH (3.0鈥?4.0) is investigated here, and an electron charging鈥揹ischarging model capable of describing the experimental results obtained is developed. AgNPs initially react with H₂O₂ to form Ag⁺ and superoxide, with these products subsequently reacting to reform AgNPs (in-situ-formed AgNPs) via an electron charging鈥揹ischarging mechanism. Our experimental results show that the AgNP reactivity toward H₂O₂ varies significantly with pH, with the variation at high pH (>10) due particularly to the differences in the reactivity of H₂O₂ and its conjugate base HO₂^{鈥?/sup> with AgNPs whereas at lower pH (3鈥?0) the pH dependence of H₂O₂ decay is accounted for, at least in part, by the pH dependence of the rate of superoxide disproportionation. Our results further demonstrate that the in-situ-formed AgNPs resulting from the superoxide-mediated reduction of Ag+ have a different size and reactivity compared to those of the citrate-stabilized particles initially present. The turnover frequency for AgNPs varies significantly with pH and is as high as 1776.0 min鈥? at pH 11.0, reducing to 144.2 min鈥? at pH 10.0 and 3.2 min鈥? at pH 3.0.}