Title
Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer Templated Supported Bimetallic Pt-Au Nanoparticles
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-21-2004
Abstract
Bimetallic dendrimer-stabilized nanoparticles (DSNs) were used to prepare supported Pt-Au catalysts within the bulk miscibility gap for this binary system. Hydroxy-terminated generation 5 PAMAM dendrimers were used to prepare Cu0 nanoparticles (NPs). The Cu0 NPs were subsequently used to reduce K2PtCl4 and HAuCl4, preparing stabilized bimetallic Pt-Au NPs with a 1:1 stoichiometry. The stabilized NPs were adsorbed onto a high surface area silica support and thermally activated to remove the dendrimers. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and infrared spectroscopy of adsorbed CO showed that this preparation route resulted in NPs in which the two metals are intimately mixed and that the majority of the bimetallic NPs were smaller than 3 nm. Further, the bimetallic NPs were highly active for CO oxidation catalysis near room temperature and showed evidence of CO induced restructuring at ambient temperatures.
DOI
10.1021/ja046542o
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Repository Citation
Lang, H., Maldonado, S., Stevenson, K. J., & Chandler, B. D. (2004). Synthesis and characterization of dendrimer templated supported bimetallic pt-au nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126(40), 12949-12956. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja046542o
Publication Information
Journal of the American Chemical Society