Seed-mediated synthesis of dendritic platinum nanostructures with high catalytic activity for aqueous-phase hydrogenation of acetophenone
This work reports a facile and efficient seed-mediated method for the synthesis of dendritic platinum (Pt) nanoparticles (NPs) at low temperatures of 55-60 ℃ in water, using L-ascorbic acid as a reducing agent and sodium citrate as a capping agent. It is found that the dendritic Pt NPs (10-150 nm) a...
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Published in | Journal of energy chemistry Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 660 - 668 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.09.2015
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Summary: | This work reports a facile and efficient seed-mediated method for the synthesis of dendritic platinum (Pt) nanoparticles (NPs) at low temperatures of 55-60 ℃ in water, using L-ascorbic acid as a reducing agent and sodium citrate as a capping agent. It is found that the dendritic Pt NPs (10-150 nm) are composed of tiny Pt nanocrystals, which nucleate and grow through the introduced smaller Pt seeds with diameters of 3-5 nm. Further investigation shows that the dendritic Pt nanostructures display excellent catalytic performance in an aqueous-phase aromatic ketone hydrogenation reaction, including: (i) acetophenone conversion rate of 〉 90%, with smaller dendritic Pt NPs (10-46 nm) offering a higher conversion efficiency; (ii) high chemoselectivity toward carbonyl group (90.6%-91.5%), e.g., the selectivity to l-phenylethanol is -90.1% with nearly 100% acetophenone conversion for 10 nm dendritic Pt NPs within 60 rain, under mild reaction conditions (20 ℃, 1.5 bar H2 pressure, and 1.5 tool% catalyst). The high catalytic activity, selectivity and stability of the dendritic Pt nanostructures under the organic solvent-free conditions make them promising for many potential applications in green catalytic conversion of hydrophilic biomass derived compounds. |
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Bibliography: | Dendritic Pt nanoparticles Aqueous-phase hydrogenation Acetophenone conversionSeed mediated synthesis This work reports a facile and efficient seed-mediated method for the synthesis of dendritic platinum (Pt) nanoparticles (NPs) at low temperatures of 55-60 ℃ in water, using L-ascorbic acid as a reducing agent and sodium citrate as a capping agent. It is found that the dendritic Pt NPs (10-150 nm) are composed of tiny Pt nanocrystals, which nucleate and grow through the introduced smaller Pt seeds with diameters of 3-5 nm. Further investigation shows that the dendritic Pt nanostructures display excellent catalytic performance in an aqueous-phase aromatic ketone hydrogenation reaction, including: (i) acetophenone conversion rate of 〉 90%, with smaller dendritic Pt NPs (10-46 nm) offering a higher conversion efficiency; (ii) high chemoselectivity toward carbonyl group (90.6%-91.5%), e.g., the selectivity to l-phenylethanol is -90.1% with nearly 100% acetophenone conversion for 10 nm dendritic Pt NPs within 60 rain, under mild reaction conditions (20 ℃, 1.5 bar H2 pressure, and 1.5 tool% catalyst). The high catalytic activity, selectivity and stability of the dendritic Pt nanostructures under the organic solvent-free conditions make them promising for many potential applications in green catalytic conversion of hydrophilic biomass derived compounds. 21-1585/O4 |
ISSN: | 2095-4956 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jechem.2015.09.001 |