Monday, March 04, 2013

Graphene oxide supported Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles with different shapes and their high catalytic activities

Tao Wu, Junkui Ma, Xingrui Wang, Yue Liu, Han Xu, Jianping Gao, Wei Wang, Yu Liu and Jing Yan



A simple method was developed to fabricate Au–Ag nanoparticle/graphene oxide nanocomposites (Au–Ag/GO) by using simultaneous redox reactions between AgNO 3 , HAuCl 4 and GO. The Au–Ag/GO was characterized by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy. The GO nanosheets acted as the reducing agent and the support for the Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles. In addition, Au–Ag alloy nanoparticles with different shapes including core–shell-like, dendrimer-like and flower-like were obtained by simply modifying the concentration of the reactants and the reaction temperature. With no reducing or stabilizing agents added, the Au–Ag/GO nanocomposites show superior catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol and for the aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid.



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