Advanced Energy Research & Technology Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States; Materials Science & Chemical Engineering Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, United States.
Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, United States.
Ultrason Sonochem. 2018 Mar;41:427-434. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.09.049. Epub 2017 Oct 3.
Nanomaterials are now widely used in the fabrication of electrodes and electrocatalysts. Herein, we report a sonochemical study of the synthesis of molybdenum and palladium alloy nanomaterials supported on functionalized carbon material in various solvents: hexadecane, ethanol, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) and Ionic liquids (ILs). The objective was to identify simple and more environmentally friendly design and fabrication methods for nanomaterial synthesis that are suitable as electrocatalysts in electrochemical applications. The particles size and distribution of nanomaterials were compared on two different carbons as supports: activated carbon and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The results show that carbon materials functionalized with ILs in ethanol/deionized water mixture solvent produced smaller particles sizes (3.00 ± 0.05 nm) with uniform distribution while in PEG 400, functionalized materials produced 4.00 ± 1 nm sized particles with uneven distribution (range). In hexadecane solvents with Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as capping ligands, large particle sizes (14.00 ± 1 nm) were produced with wide particle size distribution. The metal alloy nanoparticles produced in ILs without any external reducing agent have potential to exhibit a higher catalytic activity due to smaller particle size and uniform distribution.
纳米材料现在被广泛应用于电极和电催化剂的制备。在此,我们报告了在不同溶剂(十六烷、乙醇、乙二醇、聚乙二醇(PEG400)和离子液体(ILs))中,通过超声化学法合成负载在功能化碳材料上的钼和钯合金纳米材料的研究。我们的目的是确定适用于电化学应用的纳米材料合成的简单且更环保的设计和制造方法,这些方法可以作为电催化剂。我们比较了两种不同碳载体(活性炭和多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs))上纳米材料的粒径和分布。结果表明,在乙醇/去离子水混合溶剂中用 IL 功能化的碳材料产生了更小的粒径(3.00±0.05nm),且分布均匀;而在 PEG400 中,功能化材料产生了粒径为 4.00±1nm 的颗粒,分布不均匀(范围较大)。在十六烷溶剂中,使用聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP)作为封端配体,产生了粒径较大(14.00±1nm)、粒径分布较宽的颗粒。由于粒径较小且分布均匀,在没有任何外部还原剂的情况下在 ILs 中制备的金属合金纳米颗粒具有更高的催化活性。