Lithium Assisted “Dissolution–Alloying” Synthesis of Nanoalloys from Individual Bulk Metals

Barkholtz, Heather M.; Gallagher, James R.; Li, Tao; Liu, Yuzi; Winans, Randall E.; Miller, Jeffrey T.; Liu, Di-Jia; Xu, Tao

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00216

Title: Lithium Assisted “Dissolution–Alloying” Synthesis of Nanoalloys from Individual Bulk Metals

Journal Article · Tue Apr 12 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00216· OSTI ID:1392059

Barkholtz, Heather M.; Gallagher, James R.; Li, Tao; Liu, Yuzi; Winans, Randall E.; Miller, Jeffrey T.; Liu, Di-Jia; Xu, Tao

We report new fundamental chemistry involved in the synthesis of bimetallic nanoalloys via dissolving the pure bulk transition metals in molten lithium. It is revealed at the atomic level that when two pure bulk transition metals such as Pd and Pt are placed in molten lithium (similar to 200 degrees C), they undergo a dissolution process in which the metal-metal bonds in pure bulk transition metals are completely ruptured, which results in the existence of individual Pd and Pt atoms surrounded by lithium atoms, as is evident by synchrotron X-ray adsorption techniques. Then, upon the conversion of metal lithium to LiOH in humid air, the Pd and Pt atoms undergo an alloying process to aggregate into nanoalloys. This method was further expanded to include PdZn, which is notoriously difficult to prepare via traditional nanoalloy synthesis methods due to the easily oxidizable Zn component. The constantly reducing environment of metallic Li allowed for preparation of PdZn nanoalloys with minimal Zn oxidation via dissolution-alloying of individual bulk transition metals in molten lithium. Additionally, this lithium assisted "dissolution-alloying" method bypasses many complications intrinsic to conventional ion reduction-based nanoalloy synthesis including the necessity of ligated metal ions, the use of proper reducing agents and dispersing surfactants, and the presence of segregated phases due to different reduction potentials of the constituent metal ions.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1392059

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 7; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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