Abstract
It is difficult to deposit shape-controlled nanoparticles into a mesoporous framework while preserving the shape. For shaped platinum nanoparticles, which are typically 5-10 nm in size, capillary inclusion by sonication or the formation of a mesoporous framework around the shaped platinum nanoparticles has been attempted, but the nanoparticles aggregated or their shapes were degraded easily. In this work, we directly nucleated platinum on the surface inside a mesoporous silica support and controlled the overgrowth step, producing cubic shaped nanoparticles. Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane was used as an anchoring agent causing nucleation at the silica surface, and it also helped to shape the nanoparticles. Platinum nanocubes, which were synthesized with polymeric capping agents separately, were deposited inside the mesoporous silica by sonication, but most of the nanoparticles were clogged at the entrance to the pores, and the surface of the platinum had very few sites that were catalytically active, as evidenced by the small H2 uptake. Unshaped platinum nanoparticles, which were prepared by conventional wet impregnation, showed a similar amount of H2 uptake as the in situ shaped platinum cubes, but the selectivity for pyrrole hydrogenation was poorer towards the production of pyrrolidine. The mesoporosity and the residual thiol groups on the surface of the in situ shaped Pt nanocubes might cause a high selectivity for pyrrolidine.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12540-12546 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nanoscale |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 Nov 7 |
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Shaped platinum nanoparticles directly synthesized inside mesoporous silica supports. / Kim, Jiwhan; Bae, Youn Sang; Lee, Hyunjoo.
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T1 - Shaped platinum nanoparticles directly synthesized inside mesoporous silica supports
AU - Kim, Jiwhan
AU - Bae, Youn Sang
AU - Lee, Hyunjoo
PY - 2014/11/7
Y1 - 2014/11/7
N2 - It is difficult to deposit shape-controlled nanoparticles into a mesoporous framework while preserving the shape. For shaped platinum nanoparticles, which are typically 5-10 nm in size, capillary inclusion by sonication or the formation of a mesoporous framework around the shaped platinum nanoparticles has been attempted, but the nanoparticles aggregated or their shapes were degraded easily. In this work, we directly nucleated platinum on the surface inside a mesoporous silica support and controlled the overgrowth step, producing cubic shaped nanoparticles. Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane was used as an anchoring agent causing nucleation at the silica surface, and it also helped to shape the nanoparticles. Platinum nanocubes, which were synthesized with polymeric capping agents separately, were deposited inside the mesoporous silica by sonication, but most of the nanoparticles were clogged at the entrance to the pores, and the surface of the platinum had very few sites that were catalytically active, as evidenced by the small H2 uptake. Unshaped platinum nanoparticles, which were prepared by conventional wet impregnation, showed a similar amount of H2 uptake as the in situ shaped platinum cubes, but the selectivity for pyrrole hydrogenation was poorer towards the production of pyrrolidine. The mesoporosity and the residual thiol groups on the surface of the in situ shaped Pt nanocubes might cause a high selectivity for pyrrolidine.
AB - It is difficult to deposit shape-controlled nanoparticles into a mesoporous framework while preserving the shape. For shaped platinum nanoparticles, which are typically 5-10 nm in size, capillary inclusion by sonication or the formation of a mesoporous framework around the shaped platinum nanoparticles has been attempted, but the nanoparticles aggregated or their shapes were degraded easily. In this work, we directly nucleated platinum on the surface inside a mesoporous silica support and controlled the overgrowth step, producing cubic shaped nanoparticles. Mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane was used as an anchoring agent causing nucleation at the silica surface, and it also helped to shape the nanoparticles. Platinum nanocubes, which were synthesized with polymeric capping agents separately, were deposited inside the mesoporous silica by sonication, but most of the nanoparticles were clogged at the entrance to the pores, and the surface of the platinum had very few sites that were catalytically active, as evidenced by the small H2 uptake. Unshaped platinum nanoparticles, which were prepared by conventional wet impregnation, showed a similar amount of H2 uptake as the in situ shaped platinum cubes, but the selectivity for pyrrole hydrogenation was poorer towards the production of pyrrolidine. The mesoporosity and the residual thiol groups on the surface of the in situ shaped Pt nanocubes might cause a high selectivity for pyrrolidine.
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U2 - 10.1039/c4nr03951c
DO - 10.1039/c4nr03951c
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JO - Nanoscale
JF - Nanoscale
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