Thermodynamic controlled synthesis of intermetallic Au3Cu alloy nanocrystals from Cu microparticles

Wengao Zhao; Lini Yang; Yadong Yin; Mingshang Jin

doi:10.1039/C3TA13921B

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Thermodynamic controlled synthesis of intermetallic Au₃Cu alloy nanocrystals from Cu microparticles†

Wengao Zhao,^a Lini Yang,^b Yadong Yin^c and Mingshang Jin*^a

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^a Center for Materials Chemistry, Frontier Institute of Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710054, P.R. China
E-mail: jinm@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

^b Department of Chemistry, Liaoning University, Shenyang, Liaoning, P.R. China

^c Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA

Abstract

This communication reports a remarkably simple approach for the preparation of Au₃Cu alloy nanocrystals via phase-stabilized synthesis. The as-prepared Au₃Cu nanocrystals exhibit significantly enhanced catalytic activity in a CO₂ electroreduction reaction, compared with monometallic Au nanocrystals.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TA13921B
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 29 Sep 2013
Accepted: 01 Nov 2013
First published: 01 Nov 2013

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2014,2, 902-906

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Thermodynamic controlled synthesis of intermetallic Au₃Cu alloy nanocrystals from Cu microparticles

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