
Article Title
A facile synthesis of monodisperse Au nanoparticles and their catalysis of CO oxidation
Keywords
Nanoparticle synthesis, Au nanoparticles, catalysis, CO oxidation
Abstract
Monodisperse Au nanoparticles (NPs) have been synthesized at room temperature via a burst nucleation of Au upon injection of the reducing agent t-butylamine-borane complex into a 1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydronaphthalene solution of HAuCl4·3H2O in the presence of oleylamine. The as-synthesized Au NPs show size-dependent surface plasmonic properties between 520 and 530 nm. They adopt an icosahedral shape and are polycrystalline with multiple-twinned structures. When deposited on a graphitized porous carbon support, the NPs are highly active for CO oxidation, showing 100% CO conversion at –45 °C.
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Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
Recommended Citation
Sheng Peng,Youngmin Lee,Chao Wang,Hongfeng Yin,Sheng Dai,Shouheng Sun, A facile synthesis of monodisperse Au nanoparticles and their catalysis of CO oxidation. NanoRes.2008, 1: 229-234