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Mares-Briones F, Higareda A, Lopez-Miranda JL, Mendoza-Cruz R, Esparza R. Bimetallic AgPt Nanoalloys as an Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation Reaction: Synthesis, Structural Analysis, and Electro-Catalytic Activity. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:1396. [PMID: 37110981 PMCID: PMC10145194 DOI: 10.3390/nano13081396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In the present work, the chemical synthesis of AgPt nanoalloys is reported by the polyol method using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a surfactant and a heterogeneous nucleation approach. Nanoparticles with different atomic compositions of the Ag and Pt elements (1:1 and 1:3) were synthesized by adjusting the molar ratios of the precursors. The physicochemical and microstructural characterization was initially performed using the UV-Vis technique to determine the presence of nanoparticles in suspension. Then, the morphology, size, and atomic structure were determined using XRD, SEM, and HAADF-STEM techniques, confirming the formation of a well-defined crystalline structure and homogeneous nanoalloy with an average particle size of less than 10 nm. Finally, the cyclic voltammetry technique evaluated the electrochemical activity of bimetallic AgPt nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72 carbon for the ethanol oxidation reaction in an alkaline medium. Chronoamperometry and accelerated electrochemical degradation tests were performed to determine their stability and long-term durability. The synthesized AgPt (1:3)/C electrocatalyst presented significative catalytic activity and superior durability due to the introduction of Ag that weakens the chemisorption of the carbonaceous species. Thus, it could be an attractive candidate for cost-effective ethanol oxidation compared to commercial Pt/C.
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- Fabian Mares-Briones
- Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Santiago de Querétaro 76230, Qro., Mexico; (F.M.-B.); (J.L.L.-M.)
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- Unidad de Energía Renovable, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C., Carretera Sierra Papacal-Chuburná Puerto, Km 5, Sierra Papacal, Mérida 97302, Yuc., Mexico;
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- Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Santiago de Querétaro 76230, Qro., Mexico; (F.M.-B.); (J.L.L.-M.)
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, Circuito de la Investigación Científica, C.U., Ciudad de México 04510, CDMX, Mexico;
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- Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Boulevard Juriquilla 3001, Santiago de Querétaro 76230, Qro., Mexico; (F.M.-B.); (J.L.L.-M.)
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Ojha A, Megha, Bulusu SS, Banerjee A. Structure and dynamics of 38-atom Ag-Pt nanoalloys using ANN based-interatomic potential. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Front A, Mottet C. Stress effect on segregation and ordering in Pt-Ag nanoalloys. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:154006. [PMID: 33503601 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abe07a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We performed a theoretical study of the chemical ordering and surface segregation of Pt-Ag nanoalloys in the range of size from 976 to 9879 atoms (3.12 to 6.76 nm). We used an original many-body potential able to stabilize the L11ordered phase at equiconcentration leading to a strong silver surface segregation. Based on a recent experimental study where nanoparticles up to 2.5 nm have been characterized by high transmission electron microscopy with the L11ordered phase in the core and a silver surface shell, we predict in our model via Monte Carlo simulations that the lower energy configuration is more complicated with a three-shell alternance of Ag/Pt/Ag from the surface surrounding the L11ordered phase in the core. The stress analysis demonstrates that this structure softens the local stress distribution inside the nanoparticle which contributes to reduce the internal energy.
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- Alexis Front
- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CINaM UMR 7325, Campus de Luminy, Marseille 13288, France
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CINaM UMR 7325, Campus de Luminy, Marseille 13288, France
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Kunwar S, Pandey P, Pandit S, Sui M, Lee J. Improved Morphological and Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR) Properties of Fully Alloyed Bimetallic AgPt and Monometallic Pt NPs Via the One-Step Solid-State Dewetting (SSD) of the Ag/Pt Bilayers. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2019; 14:332. [PMID: 31650295 PMCID: PMC6813404 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Multi-metallic alloy nanoparticles (NPs) can offer a promising route for the integration of multi-functional elements by the adaptation of advantageous individual NP properties and thus can exhibit the multi-functional dynamic properties arisen from the electronic heterogeneity as well as configurational diversity. The integration of Pt-based metallic alloy NPs are imperative in the catalytic, sensing, and energy applications; however, it usually suffers from the difficulty in the fabrication of morphologically well-structured and elementally well-alloyed NPs, which yields poor plasmonic responses. In this work, the improved morphological and localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) properties of fully alloyed bimetallic AgPt and monometallic Pt NPs are demonstrated on sapphire (0001) via the one-step solid-state dewetting (SSD) of the Ag/Pt bilayers. In a sharp contrast to the previous studies of pure Pt NPs, the surface morphology of the resulting AgPt and Pt NPs in this work are significantly improved such that they possess larger size, increased interparticle gaps, and improved uniformity. The intermixing of Ag and Pt atoms, AgPt alloy formation, and concurrent sublimation of Ag atoms plays the major roles in the fabrication of bimetallic AgPt and monometallic Pt NPs along with the enhanced global diffusion and energy minimization of NP system. The fabricated AgPt and Pt NPs show much-enhanced LSPR responses as compared to the pure Pt NPs in the previous studies, and the excitation of dipolar, quadrupolar, multipolar and higher-order resonance modes is realized depending upon the size, configuration, and elemental compositions. The LSPR peaks demonstrate drastic alteration along with the evolution of AgPt and Pt NPs, i.e., the resonance peaks are shifted and enhanced by the variation of size and Ag content.
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- Sundar Kunwar
- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01897, South Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01897, South Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01897, South Korea
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01897, South Korea
- Institute of Hybrid Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Electronics and Information, Kwangwoon University, Nowon-gu, Seoul, 01897, South Korea.
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Deng L, Liu X, Zhang X, Wang L, Li W, Song M, Tang J, Deng H, Xiao S, Hu W. Intrinsic strain-induced segregation in multiply twinned Cu–Pt icosahedra. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:4802-4809. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06327c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present an atomistic simulation study on the compositional arrangements throughout Cu–Pt icosahedra, with a specific focus on the effects of inherent strain on general segregation trends.
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- Lei Deng
- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University
- Changsha 410128
- China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- China
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University
- Changsha 410082
- China
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Mawarnis ER, Ali Umar A, Tomitori M, Balouch A, Nurdin M, Muzakkar MZ, Oyama M. Hierarchical Bimetallic AgPt Nanoferns as High-Performance Catalysts for Selective Acetone Hydrogenation to Isopropanol. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:11526-11536. [PMID: 31459253 PMCID: PMC6645377 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A combinative effect of two or more individual material properties, such as lattice parameters and chemical properties, has been well-known to generate novel nanomaterials with special crystal growth behavior and physico-chemical performance. This paper reports unusually high catalytic performance of AgPt nanoferns in the hydrogenation reaction of acetone conversion to isopropanol, which is several orders higher compared to the performance shown by pristine Pt nanocatalysts or other metals and metal-metal oxide hybrid catalyst systems. It has been demonstrated that the combinative effect during the bimetallisation of Ag and Pt produced nanostructures with a highly anisotropic morphology, i.e., hierarchical nanofern structures, which provide high-density active sites on the catalyst surface for an efficient catalytic reaction. The extent of the effect of structural growth on the catalytic performance of hierarchical AgPt nanoferns is discussed.
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- Elvy Rahmi Mawarnis
- Department
of Chemistry Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah, Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN), 27213 Batusangkar, West Sumatera, Indonesia
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- Institute
of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School
of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, 923-1292 Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan
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- National
Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, 76080 Jamshoro, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Halu Oleo, 93232 Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Halu Oleo, 93232 Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
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- Nanomaterials
Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate
School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8520 Kyoto, Japan
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Autocatalytic surface reduction and its role in controlling seed-mediated growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:13619-13624. [PMID: 29229860 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713907114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The growth of colloidal metal nanocrystals typically involves an autocatalytic process, in which the salt precursor adsorbs onto the surface of a growing nanocrystal, followed by chemical reduction to atoms for their incorporation into the nanocrystal. Despite its universal role in the synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals, it is still poorly understood and controlled in terms of kinetics. Through the use of well-defined nanocrystals as seeds, including those with different types of facets, sizes, and internal twin structure, here we quantitatively analyze the kinetics of autocatalytic surface reduction in an effort to control the evolution of nanocrystals into predictable shapes. Our kinetic measurements demonstrate that the activation energy barrier to autocatalytic surface reduction is highly dependent on both the type of facet and the presence of twin boundary, corresponding to distinctive growth patterns and products. Interestingly, the autocatalytic process is effective not only in eliminating homogeneous nucleation but also in activating and sustaining the growth of octahedral nanocrystals. This work represents a major step forward toward achieving a quantitative understanding and control of the autocatalytic process involved in the synthesis of colloidal metal nanocrystals.
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Liu Z, Battaglia V, Mukherjee PP. Mesoscale elucidation of the influence of mixing sequence in electrode processing. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:15102-15113. [PMID: 25470770 DOI: 10.1021/la5038469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Mixing sequence during electrode processing affects the internal microstructure and resultant performance of a lithium-ion battery. In order to fundamentally understand the microstructure evolution during electrode processing, a mesoscale model is presented, which investigates the influence of mixing sequence for different evaporation conditions. Our results demonstrate that a stepwise mixing sequence can produce larger conductive interfacial area ratios than that via a one-step mixing sequence. Small-sized cubical nanoparticles are beneficial for achieving a high conductive interfacial area ratio when a stepwise mixing sequence is employed. Two variants of multistep mixing have been investigated with constant temperature and linearly increasing temperature conditions. It is found that the temperature condition does not significantly affect the conductive interfacial area ratio. The homogeneity of binder distribution in the electrode is also studied, which plays an important role along with the solvent evaporation condition. This study suggests that an appropriate combination of mixing sequence and active particle size and morphology plays a critical role in the formation of electrode microstructures with improved performance.
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- Zhixiao Liu
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Khanal S, Bhattarai N, Velázquez-Salazar JJ, Bahena D, Soldano G, Ponce A, Mariscal MM, Mejía-Rosales S, José-Yacamán M. Trimetallic nanostructures: the case of AgPd-Pt multiply twinned nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:12456-63. [PMID: 24165796 PMCID: PMC3918169 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr03831a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We report the synthesis, structural characterization, and atomistic simulations of AgPd-Pt trimetallic (TM) nanoparticles. Two types of structure were synthesized using a relatively facile chemical method: multiply twinned core-shell, and hollow particles. The nanoparticles were small in size, with an average diameter of 11 nm and a narrow distribution, and their characterization by aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy allowed us to probe the structure of the particles at an atomistic level. In some nanoparticles, the formation of a hollow structure was also observed, that facilitates the alloying of Ag and Pt in the shell region and the segregation of Ag atoms on the surface, affecting the catalytic activity and stability. We also investigated the growth mechanism of the nanoparticles using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations, and we have found that Pt regions grow at overpotentials on the AgPd nanoalloys, forming 3D islands at the early stages of the deposition process. We found very good agreement between the simulated structures and those observed experimentally.
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- Subarna Khanal
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249, USA.
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