Microwave-polyol process for Pt and Ag nanoparticles
Microwave-polyol process for Pt and Ag nanoparticles
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DOI:
10.1021/la025741n
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发表时间:
2002-07-23
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3.9
通讯作者:
Bhalla, AS
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作者:
Komarneni, S;Li, DS;Bhalla, AS
Nanophase metal powders which have numerous technological applications have been prepared by various techniques including chemical precipitation from aqueous or organic solutions. 1r4 There has been a recent innovation to prepare metal powders using liquid polyols such as ethylene glycol, 5r7 which was named the polyol process. The polyol method is a low-temperature process and is environmentally benign because the reactions are carried out under closed system conditions. Here we used microwaves in combination with the polyol process, that is, the microwaverpolyol (MrP) process, to produce nanophase metal powders very rapidly. Our group has been very active in using microwaves in the liquid state8r13 to accelerate reaction rates including the synthesis of micrometer-sized metals using the microwave-assisted polyol process. 13 Microwaves are a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum with frequencies in the range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz. The corresponding wavelengths of these frequencies are 1 m to 1 mm. The most commonly used frequency is 2.45 GHz. The degree of interaction of microwaves with a dielectric medium is related to the material’s dielectric constant and dielectric loss. 14 When microwaves penetrate and propagate through a dielectric solution or suspension, the internal electric fields generated within the affected volume induce translational motions of free or bound charges such as electrons or ions and rotate charge complexes such as dipoles. 14 The resistance of these induced motions due to inertial, elastic, and frictional forces, which are frequency dependent, causes losses and attenuates the electric field. As a consequence of these losses, volumetric heating results. 14 The frequency range of ultrasound is roughly 15 kHz to 10 MHz with wavelengths of 10r0. 01 cm. 15 The chemical effects of ultrasound are due to different physical mechanisms, the most important of which is cavitation, that is, bubble formation. The collapse of cavities or bubbles leads to enormous local temperatures (∼ 10 000 K) and pressures (∼ 10 000 atm) which are responsible for the chemical reactions. 15 There is no similar bubble formation during microwave heating but superheating occurs in localized spots and this is not well understood. The main advantages of the microwave-assisted reactions over conventional methods in synthesis are (a) the kinetics of the reaction are increased by 1r2 orders of magnitude, 8r13, 16r30 (b) novel phases are formed, 8, 10 (c) the initial heating is rapid which can lead to energy savings, 11 and (d) selective formation of one phase over another occurs. 31 One possible hypothesis for the microwaveinduced effects is the generation of localized high temperatures at the reaction sites to enhance reaction rates in an analogous manner to that of ultrasonic waves15 where both high temperatures and pressures have been reported during reactions. The enhanced kinetics of crystallization which can lead to energy savings of up to 90% 32 and the environmentally benign closed system condition of the MrP process are ideal for the synthesis of nanophase