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Catalytic Properties of High-Density Monodispersive Metal Nanostructures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Sergey A. Gurevich
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Irina N. Yassievich
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Vladimir M. Kozhevin
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Denis A. Yavsin
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Mihail A. Zabelin
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Pavel A. Tret'yakov
Affiliation:
A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 26, Politekhnicheskaya, St. Petersburg, 194021, Russia
Tat'yana N. Rostovshikova
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia
Vladimir V. Smirnov
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Vorob'evy gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia
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Abstract

We report on ultra-high catalytic activity of high-density monodispersive Cu and Ni nanostructures fabricated by newly developed laser electrodispersion technique. In these structures the particle sizes are 5 nm for Cu and 2.5 nm for Ni (relative size dispersion is less than 20%). Due to fast cooling during particle formation Cu and Ni grains have amorphous structure. The catalytic activity of Cu-based structures were studied in chlorohydrocarbons transformations reactions, while Ni structures were tested in the reaction of 1-nonene hydrogenation. The measured catalytic activity vs. particle surface density dependencies exhibit a maximum corresponding to densely packed one-layer granulated films. About an order of magnitude increase in the catalytic activity is observed when increasing the dielectric permittivity of the reactant solution. It is suggested that the observed high catalytic activity is due to thermally activated interparticle electron tunneling, which results in the appearance of negatively and positively charged particles in densely packed granulated films.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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