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Title: Unexpected compositional and structural modification of CoPt3 nanoparticles by extensive surface purification

Abstract

We combined synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering, X-ray fluorescence and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to probe the structure of chemically synthesized CoPt3 nanoparticles (NPs) after ligand removal via the commonly accepted solvent/nonsolvent approach. We showed that the improved catalytic activity of extensively purified NPs could not be explained only in terms of a “cleaner” surface. We found that extensive surface purification results in the substantial leaching of the Co atoms from the chemically synthesized CoPt3 NPs transforming them into CoPt3/Pt core/shell structures with an unexpectedly thick (~0.5 nm) Pt shell. We indicated that the improved catalytic activity of extensively purified NPs in octyne hydrogenation reaction can be explained by the formation of CoPt3/Pt core/shell structures. Also, we demonstrated that drastic compositional and structural transformation of water transferred CoPt3 NPs was rather a result of extensive removal of native ligands via a solvent/nonsolvent approach than leaching of cobalt atoms in aqueous media. We expect that these findings can be relevant to other transition metal based multicomponent NPs.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Univ. Nacional de La Plata, La Plata (Argentina). INIFTA, CONICET and Dpto. Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Center for Nanoscale Materials
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Scientific and Technical Research Council; Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP); Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron (LNLS)
OSTI Identifier:
1481421
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nanoscale
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 2040-3364
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Mizrahi, Martín D., Krylova, Galyna, Giovanetti, Lisandro J., Ramallo-López, José M., Liu, Yuzi, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Requejo, Félix G. Unexpected compositional and structural modification of CoPt3 nanoparticles by extensive surface purification. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/c8nr00060c.
Mizrahi, Martín D., Krylova, Galyna, Giovanetti, Lisandro J., Ramallo-López, José M., Liu, Yuzi, Shevchenko, Elena V., & Requejo, Félix G. Unexpected compositional and structural modification of CoPt3 nanoparticles by extensive surface purification. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr00060c
Mizrahi, Martín D., Krylova, Galyna, Giovanetti, Lisandro J., Ramallo-López, José M., Liu, Yuzi, Shevchenko, Elena V., and Requejo, Félix G. Mon . "Unexpected compositional and structural modification of CoPt3 nanoparticles by extensive surface purification". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr00060c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1481421.
@article{osti_1481421,
title = {Unexpected compositional and structural modification of CoPt3 nanoparticles by extensive surface purification},
author = {Mizrahi, Martín D. and Krylova, Galyna and Giovanetti, Lisandro J. and Ramallo-López, José M. and Liu, Yuzi and Shevchenko, Elena V. and Requejo, Félix G.},
abstractNote = {We combined synchrotron small angle X-ray scattering, X-ray fluorescence and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to probe the structure of chemically synthesized CoPt3 nanoparticles (NPs) after ligand removal via the commonly accepted solvent/nonsolvent approach. We showed that the improved catalytic activity of extensively purified NPs could not be explained only in terms of a “cleaner” surface. We found that extensive surface purification results in the substantial leaching of the Co atoms from the chemically synthesized CoPt3 NPs transforming them into CoPt3/Pt core/shell structures with an unexpectedly thick (~0.5 nm) Pt shell. We indicated that the improved catalytic activity of extensively purified NPs in octyne hydrogenation reaction can be explained by the formation of CoPt3/Pt core/shell structures. Also, we demonstrated that drastic compositional and structural transformation of water transferred CoPt3 NPs was rather a result of extensive removal of native ligands via a solvent/nonsolvent approach than leaching of cobalt atoms in aqueous media. We expect that these findings can be relevant to other transition metal based multicomponent NPs.},
doi = {10.1039/c8nr00060c},
journal = {Nanoscale},
number = 14,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: TEM overview of 9.3 nm CoPt3 NPs (a); dark field STEM image (b) EDX mapping images obtained by acquiring EDX spectra including the Co L series (c) and Pt L series (d); the line-scans derived from elemental maps across 9.3 nm CoPt3 NPs (e); size histograms calculated basedmore » on analysis of 220 NPs (f).« less

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