Issue 13, 2014

Kinetic effects in the photomediated synthesis of silver nanodecahedra and nanoprisms: combined effect of wavelength and temperature

Abstract

Photomediated synthesis is a reliable, high yield method for the production of a variety of morphologies of silver nanoparticles. Here, we report synthesis of silver nanoprisms and nanodecahedra with tunable sizes via control of the reaction temperature and the irradiation wavelength. The results show that shorter excitation wavelengths and lower reaction temperatures result in high yields of nanodecahedra, while longer excitation wavelengths and higher reaction temperatures result in the formation of nanoprisms. The mechanism for the growth condition dependent evolution in the morphology of the silver particles is discussed as a kinetically controlled process. This is based on analysis of the reaction kinetics at various excitation wavelengths and temperatures. The energy barrier for the transformation from seeds to nanodecahedra is relatively high and requires a shorter wavelength. Thus longer wavelength illumination leads to the formation of nanoprisms. Thermodynamically stable five-fold twinning structures are shown to evolve from twin plane structures. The fast reaction rate at higher temperature favors the growth of nanoprisms by preferential Ag deposition on planar structures in a kinetics-controlled mode, while slower rates yield thermodynamically favored nanodecahedra.

Graphical abstract: Kinetic effects in the photomediated synthesis of silver nanodecahedra and nanoprisms: combined effect of wavelength and temperature

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Mar 2014
Accepted
25 Apr 2014
First published
29 Apr 2014

Nanoscale, 2014,6, 7295-7302

Author version available

Kinetic effects in the photomediated synthesis of silver nanodecahedra and nanoprisms: combined effect of wavelength and temperature

H. Wang, X. Cui, W. Guan, X. Zheng, H. Zhao, Z. Wang, Q. Wang, T. Xue, C. Liu, D. J. Singh and W. Zheng, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 7295 DOI: 10.1039/C4NR01442A

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