Synthesis of Bimetallic Au@Pt Nanoparticles with Au Core and Nanostructured Pt Shell toward Highly Active Electrocatalysts

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• 作者：Hamed Ataee-Esfahani ; Liang Wang ; Yoshihiro Nemoto ; Yusuke Yamauchi
• 刊名：Chemistry of Materials
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：December 14, 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：22
• 期：23
• 页码：6310-6318
• 全文大小：1120K
• 年卷期：v.22,no.23(December 14, 2010)
• ISSN：1520-5002

文摘

Au@Pt nanocolloids with nanostructured dendritic Pt shells are successfully synthesized by chemically reducing both H₂PtCl₆ and HAuCl₄ species in the presence of a low-concentration surfactant solution. By applying an ultrasonic treatment, the particle size of the Au@Pt nanocolloids is dramatically decreased and their size distribution becomes very narrow. The difference in reduction potentials of the two soluble metal salts (Au(III) and Pt(IV) species) plays a key role in the one-step synthesis of the core−shell structure. Because of the different reduction potentials, the reduction of Au ions preferentially occurs over a short time to form the Au seeds. It is followed by overgrowth of Pt nanodendritic nanowires on the Au seeds, which is confirmed by ultraviolet−visible light absorption spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Interestingly, the Pt shell thicknesses on Au cores can be easily tuned by controlling the Pt/Au molar ratios in the starting precursor solutions. Through the optimization of the Pt shell thicknesses, the Au@Pt nanocolloids can exhibit enhanced activity as an electrocatalyst for a methanol oxidation reaction, which will be important to improve the utilization efficiency of Pt catalysts in the future.