Photocatalytic synthesis of gold nanoparticles using TiO2 nanorods: a mechanistic investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (34) ◽  
pp. 18753-18757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qipeng Lu ◽  
Lijie Zhu ◽  
Sumei Han ◽  
Yanbing Hou ◽  
Wenbin Cao

Herein, we investigate the mechanism of photocatalytic synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles by reductive photoelectrons generated from semiconductors.

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 2676-2692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joakim Halldin Stenlid ◽  
Adam Johannes Johansson ◽  
Tore Brinck

Using local DFT-based probes for electrostatic as well as charge transfer/polarization interactions, we are able to characterize Lewis basic and acidic sites on copper, silver and gold nanoparticles.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 8080-8086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nisar ◽  
Shujaat Ali Khan ◽  
Muhammad Raza Shah ◽  
Ajmal Khan ◽  
Umar Farooq ◽  
...  

The fluoroquinolone drug moxifloxacin (Mox) has been used to protect silver and gold nanoparticles. The nano-conjugates exhibited urease inhibition and antibacterial activity.


2021 ◽  
Vol 129 (12) ◽  
pp. 125302
Author(s):  
Wajeeha Saeed ◽  
Zeeshan Abbasi ◽  
Shumaila Majeed ◽  
Sohail Anjum Shahzad ◽  
Abdul Faheem Khan ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ming Qin ◽  
Qing Chang ◽  
Yinkai Yu ◽  
Hongjing Wu

By the deposition of noble metal nanoparticles on a metal oxide substrate with a specific micro-/nanostructure, namely, yolk-shell structure, a remarkable improvement in photocatalytic performance can be achieved by the composites. Nevertheless, noble metal nanoparticles only distribute on the surface shell of metal oxide substrates when the conventional wet-chemistry reduction approach is employed. Herein, we proposed a novel acoustic levitation synthesis of Pt nanoparticles deposited on yolk-shell La2O3. The composites not only displayed well-defined, homogeneous distribution of Pt NPs on the exterior shell of La2O3 and the interior La2O3 core, but an enhanced chemical interaction between Pt and La2O3. The unique structure not only can display improved photocatalytic degradation rate toward methyl orange, but also may show great potential in fields of hydrogen generation, environmental protection, etc. The novel acoustic levitation synthesis can supplement the methodology of synthesizing well dispersed noble metal oxides over the whole yolk-shell structure through noble metal NPs deposition method.


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