Facile Synthesis of Graphene/Metal Nanoparticle Composites via Self-Catalysis Reduction at Room Temperature

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• 作者：Qiqi Zhuo ; Yanyun Ma ; Jing Gao ; Pingping Zhang ; Yujian Xia ; Yiming Tian ; Xiuxiao Sun ; Jun Zhong ; Xuhui Sun
• 刊名：Inorganic Chemistry
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：March 18, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：52
• 期：6
• 页码：3141-3147
• 全文大小：509K
• 年卷期：v.52,no.6(March 18, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-510X

文摘

Graphene/metal nanoparticle (NP) composites have attracted great interest for various applications as catalysts, electrodes, sensors, etc., due to their unique structures and extraordinary properties. A facile synthesis of graphene/metal NP composites with good control of size and morphology of metal NPs is critical to the practical applications. A simple method to synthesize graphene/metal NPs under a controllable manner via a self-catalysis reduction at room temperature has been developed in this paper. At first, metal NPs with desirable size and morphology were decorated on GO and then used as catalyst to accelerate the hydrolysis reaction of NaBH₄ to reduce the graphene oxide. Compared to the existing methods, the method reported here features several advantages in which graphene/metal NPs are prepared without using toxic and explosive reductant, such as hydrazine or its derivatives, making it environmentally benign, and the reaction can be processed at room temperature with high efficiency and in a large range of pH values. The approach has been demonstrated to successfully synthesize graphene composites with various metal NPs in large quantity, which opens up a novel and simple way to prepare large-scale graphene/metal or graphene/metal oxide composites under mild conditions for practical applications. For example, graphene/AuNP composites synthesized by the method show excellent catalytic capability.